Rwandan interventions in the DRC: Tshisekedi's government under fire from critics
DRC President Félix Tshisekedi in Kinshasa on February 20, 2022. © Arsène Mpiana / AFP
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Following the report of the United Nations group of experts on the DRC claiming that Rwanda has launched military interventions on Congolese soil in recent months and provided troop reinforcements to the M23, criticism descends on the choices strategies of Felix Tshisekedi.
In the political class in general and in the opposition in particular, we expect a change of posture on the part of the government.
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With our correspondent in Kinshasa,
Patient Ligodi
For national deputy Juvénal Munubo, member of the Defense and Security Commission of the National Assembly, this report demonstrates once again the importance of the role of the United Nations in restoring peace in the region.
As proof of this, the work of the Expanded Joint Verification Mechanism of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region was not enough.
It took the intervention of UN experts to make public evidence of Rwandan involvement in the resurgence of M23.
According to him, the government, with this report, must seize the international jurisdictions.
At the diplomatic level, he considers that it is necessary to reassess the implementation of the roadmap of the process agreed in Luanda, between Kigali and Kinshasa.
For his part, deputy Delly Sesanga, from the opposition, president of the Envol party, considers that
Félix Tshisekedi's bilateral approaches vis-à-vis Rwanda and Uganda have been risky and sterile
, undertaken in the sole aim of trying to compensate for the regime's lack of internal legitimacy.
He denounces “
an economic-commercial approach, badly thought out, badly planned and badly programmed
”.
According to him, more consideration should be given to multilateral diplomacy for overall stability in the sub-region.
He also insists on a greater role for the Southern African Development Community (SADC), which has always been involved in favor of the territorial integrity of the DRC.
For his part, Martin Fayulu, a former presidential candidate, accuses the government
of "being distracted
" and expects firm measures from it, such as the immediate expulsion of the Rwandan ambassador stationed in Kinshasa.
He also mentions the urgency of reforming the Congolese army and providing it with more resources.
► To read also: Rwandan attacks in the DRC: "The United Nations has recognized what we have been saying for years"
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