KINSHASA -- La Voix des Sans Voix pour les droits de l'homme (VSV), une ONG de défense des droits de l'homme basée à Kinshasa, a fustigé le plan de relégation de l'opposant Etienne Tshisekedi à Kabeya Kamwanga, son village natal, au Kasaï Oriental (centre-est de la RDC).
Selon la VSV, il existe un plan de relégation du président de l' Union pour la démocratie et le progrès social (UDPS) dans son village natal où il devra séjourner durant trois ans avant de retourner à Kinshasa.
"C'est une attitude anticonstitutionnelle", a déclaré mardi à la presse le directeur exécutif de la VSV, Dolly Ibefo, avant d' appeler les autorités à privilégier le dialogue pour sortir le pays de la crise politique aux conséquences imprévisibles.
Il a indiqué que M. Tshisekedi est déjà à résidence surveillée.
La VSV rappelle la Constitution de la RDC qui stipule qu'"aucun Congolais ne peut être ni expulsé du territoire de la République, ni être contraint à l'exil, ni être forcé à habiter hors de sa résidence habituelle".
Toutefois, le secrétaire général de l'UDPS, Jacquemin Shabani, a dit ignorer ce plan.
Tshisekedi, autoproclamé "président élu" de la RDC après la publication des résultats de l'élection présidentielle des 28 novembre dernier, avait annoncé vendredi dernier la formation d'un gouvernement à partir de la semaine en cours.
Source: Xinhuanet, du 25/01/2012
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
RWANDA: Léon Mugesera entre les mains de la justice du Rwanda
C'était le 22 novembre 1992 dans la préfecture de Gisenyi. Un discours resté dans les mémoires. Face à la foule, Léon Mugesera, ex-professeur d'université, devenu cadre influent du parti du régime Habyarimana traite les Tutsis de cafards. Il suggère entre autres d'exterminer les proches des rebelles du FPR (Front patriotique rwandais), « ceux dont vous ne couperez pas le cou vous couperont le vôtre », dit-il encore.
A l'époque, le ministre rwandais de la Justice, issu d'un parti d'opposition, en vient même à lancer un mandat d'arrêt contre lui pour incitation à la violence. Et Léon Mugesera fuit le pays pour se réfugier au Canada, en 1993. Depuis, le génocide a eu lieu au Rwanda. Et Kigali réclamait son extradition. Aujourd'hui, le ministre de la Justice Tharcisse Karugarama dit sa satisfaction : « Mugesera, c’est un type qui représente vraiment la haine. Finalement, la justice sera rendue ».
Déception en revanche des avocats de Léon Mugesera, à l’instar de Maître Philippe Larochelle. « Pour moi, il doit y avoir un procès, oui, mais il doit y avoir un procès dans les conditions où on va avoir une défense pleine et entière, et il va pouvoir s’expliquer. Or, cela ne sera pas possible dans le Rwanda d’aujourd’hui » a-t-il conclu.
Même si des ONG en doutent, le Rwanda a donc convaincu certains de sa capacité à juger lui-même désormais les suspects de génocide. Le mois dernier, c'est le TPIR (Tribunal pénal international pour le Rwanda) qui s'est prononcé pour la première fois pour le transfert d'un de ses accusés vers Kigali.
Source: Jeune Afrique,
A l'époque, le ministre rwandais de la Justice, issu d'un parti d'opposition, en vient même à lancer un mandat d'arrêt contre lui pour incitation à la violence. Et Léon Mugesera fuit le pays pour se réfugier au Canada, en 1993. Depuis, le génocide a eu lieu au Rwanda. Et Kigali réclamait son extradition. Aujourd'hui, le ministre de la Justice Tharcisse Karugarama dit sa satisfaction : « Mugesera, c’est un type qui représente vraiment la haine. Finalement, la justice sera rendue ».
Déception en revanche des avocats de Léon Mugesera, à l’instar de Maître Philippe Larochelle. « Pour moi, il doit y avoir un procès, oui, mais il doit y avoir un procès dans les conditions où on va avoir une défense pleine et entière, et il va pouvoir s’expliquer. Or, cela ne sera pas possible dans le Rwanda d’aujourd’hui » a-t-il conclu.
Même si des ONG en doutent, le Rwanda a donc convaincu certains de sa capacité à juger lui-même désormais les suspects de génocide. Le mois dernier, c'est le TPIR (Tribunal pénal international pour le Rwanda) qui s'est prononcé pour la première fois pour le transfert d'un de ses accusés vers Kigali.
Article publié le : mercredi 25 janvier 2012 - Dernière modification le : mercredi 25 janvier 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
RWANDA: Mugesera in custody after deportation from Canada
At exactly 11:27 p.m., the plane carrying Léon Mugesera touched down at Kigali International Airport after a long flight from Montreal, Canada, as 16-year deportation battle came to a dramatic end.
Mugesera, 59, remained aboard the white private jet - C-GIRE bearing a
Canadian flag, as Canadian immigration officers processed deportation formalities with Rwandan officials.
Mugesera, who in 1992 gave a virulent speech urging Hutus to kill their Tutsi enemies, had, since 1996, exploited all available legal
avenues to challenge the deportation order.
Upon arrival, Mugesera clad in an army green winter coat, was un-handcuffed, served with an arrest warrant and his rights read out, before being handcuffed again by a Rwandan National Police officer.
He was then led to a waiting VIP Land cruiser, bearing police registration numbers, which then drove away.
A team of local and foreign journalists keenly watched the proceedings as photographers and camera crews scrambled to capture the story.
“Mugesera, you remember me in Canada. It’s me. I have been following your case since 1997,” Marie Grace Ruzindana, a member of the Rwandan Diaspora in Canada shouted.
The suspect stood briefly looked at her, then got into the car.
The adamant bespectacled former university lecturer became the centre of a runway ceremony that lasted under 10 minutes.
A vividly relieved Ruzindana said she was happy that, although it took so long, the deportation finally came.
“I can’t express how happy I am,” she said.
A Government statement later said that Mugesera will be held for processing of charges by the national police, for a maximum of 72 hours, after which his file will be forwarded to the National Public Prosecuting Authority.
According to Prosecution, Mugesera will appear before a court within seven days, where “readiness by both parties to commence substantive trial will be assessed”.
The Government of Rwanda welcomed the deportation. “It has been a rocky, long and circuitous road, but Canada has made the right decision in the case of Leon Mugesera. Mugesera returns to find a country at peace, far removed from the vision of ethnic hatred and bloodshed he propagated before seeking exile in Canada two decades ago,” Prosecutor General, Martin Ngoga was quoted in the statement.
“Mugesera’s deportation is a relief for Genocide survivors and millions of Rwandans who have worked tirelessly since the Genocide to rebuild a nation governed by the rule of law with an abiding commitment to reconciliation and justice without vengeance.
“Like anyone else facing trial in a Rwandan court, Leon Mugesera will be assisted by lawyers of his choice at every stage and can expect to benefit from the great strides we have made in building a fair and robust system of justice,” Ngoga said.
Rwanda abolished the death penalty in 2007 and has strong collaboration with the United Nations across a range of justice and human rights issues, the communique added.
The UN has entrusted Rwanda to house war criminals from Sierra Leone
and the UNHCR’s has declared the country safe for returning refugees, it stated.
“The first Genocide suspect will face trial in Rwanda after a referral from the ICTR, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled in favour of the fairness of the Rwandan justice system and the United States has already deported two Rwandans convicted of Genocide who are currently serving their prison sentences.”
Police Spokesperson Supt. Theos Badege told The New Times that Mugesera will be held at a special detention facility designed for deportees before handing the case to prosecution “as stipulated by the law”.
The Executive Secretary of Ibuka, the umbrella association of Genocide survivors, Janvier Forongo, who also witnessed the ceremony, hailed Canada’s decision to deport Mugesera, saying it sent a strong message to other countries harbouring Genocide perpetrators.
“It should become clear that no country should be a safe haven to Genocide perpetrators. He was not the only one in Canada but his deportation means that even others can be deported.”
In a 1992 speech in Kabaya, former Gisenyi prefecture, Mugesera called the Tutsi “cockroaches” and “scum,” as he encouraged the Hutus to kill them and dump them into River Nyabarongo – a source of the River Nile – supposedly as a short cut to Abyssinia (Ethiopia), where he claimed they originated from.
According to Tom Ndahiro, a Kigali-based researcher, Mugesera’s deportation is a major step in the right direction.
“He is not accused of having killed anybody but, in actual sense, he killed everybody. His words were a major factor in the attempt to exterminate the Tutsi.”
“Apart from the 1992 speech, Mugesera had published a document in 1991 with even more inflammatory language,” Ndahiro added.
Reacting to the deportation, Canada’s Immigration Minister Jason Kenney tweeted: “Seventeen years is too long (to take) to deport a foreign criminal.”
In a statement, he said Canada should not be a dumping ground or a safe haven “for the world’s evildoers, according to The Gazzette.
“We are happy that we have finally managed to remove Mr. Mugesera from Canada. We hope that his ilk will never set foot on our soil again.”
Source: Newtimes, Wednesday January 25, 2012
Author: Edmund Kagire
author's email: edmund.kagire@newtimes.co.rw
Mugesera, 59, remained aboard the white private jet - C-GIRE bearing a
Canadian flag, as Canadian immigration officers processed deportation formalities with Rwandan officials.
Mugesera, who in 1992 gave a virulent speech urging Hutus to kill their Tutsi enemies, had, since 1996, exploited all available legal
avenues to challenge the deportation order.
Upon arrival, Mugesera clad in an army green winter coat, was un-handcuffed, served with an arrest warrant and his rights read out, before being handcuffed again by a Rwandan National Police officer.
He was then led to a waiting VIP Land cruiser, bearing police registration numbers, which then drove away.
A team of local and foreign journalists keenly watched the proceedings as photographers and camera crews scrambled to capture the story.
“Mugesera, you remember me in Canada. It’s me. I have been following your case since 1997,” Marie Grace Ruzindana, a member of the Rwandan Diaspora in Canada shouted.
The suspect stood briefly looked at her, then got into the car.
The adamant bespectacled former university lecturer became the centre of a runway ceremony that lasted under 10 minutes.
A vividly relieved Ruzindana said she was happy that, although it took so long, the deportation finally came.
“I can’t express how happy I am,” she said.
A Government statement later said that Mugesera will be held for processing of charges by the national police, for a maximum of 72 hours, after which his file will be forwarded to the National Public Prosecuting Authority.
According to Prosecution, Mugesera will appear before a court within seven days, where “readiness by both parties to commence substantive trial will be assessed”.
The Government of Rwanda welcomed the deportation. “It has been a rocky, long and circuitous road, but Canada has made the right decision in the case of Leon Mugesera. Mugesera returns to find a country at peace, far removed from the vision of ethnic hatred and bloodshed he propagated before seeking exile in Canada two decades ago,” Prosecutor General, Martin Ngoga was quoted in the statement.
“Mugesera’s deportation is a relief for Genocide survivors and millions of Rwandans who have worked tirelessly since the Genocide to rebuild a nation governed by the rule of law with an abiding commitment to reconciliation and justice without vengeance.
“Like anyone else facing trial in a Rwandan court, Leon Mugesera will be assisted by lawyers of his choice at every stage and can expect to benefit from the great strides we have made in building a fair and robust system of justice,” Ngoga said.
Rwanda abolished the death penalty in 2007 and has strong collaboration with the United Nations across a range of justice and human rights issues, the communique added.
The UN has entrusted Rwanda to house war criminals from Sierra Leone
and the UNHCR’s has declared the country safe for returning refugees, it stated.
“The first Genocide suspect will face trial in Rwanda after a referral from the ICTR, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled in favour of the fairness of the Rwandan justice system and the United States has already deported two Rwandans convicted of Genocide who are currently serving their prison sentences.”
Police Spokesperson Supt. Theos Badege told The New Times that Mugesera will be held at a special detention facility designed for deportees before handing the case to prosecution “as stipulated by the law”.
The Executive Secretary of Ibuka, the umbrella association of Genocide survivors, Janvier Forongo, who also witnessed the ceremony, hailed Canada’s decision to deport Mugesera, saying it sent a strong message to other countries harbouring Genocide perpetrators.
“It should become clear that no country should be a safe haven to Genocide perpetrators. He was not the only one in Canada but his deportation means that even others can be deported.”
In a 1992 speech in Kabaya, former Gisenyi prefecture, Mugesera called the Tutsi “cockroaches” and “scum,” as he encouraged the Hutus to kill them and dump them into River Nyabarongo – a source of the River Nile – supposedly as a short cut to Abyssinia (Ethiopia), where he claimed they originated from.
According to Tom Ndahiro, a Kigali-based researcher, Mugesera’s deportation is a major step in the right direction.
“He is not accused of having killed anybody but, in actual sense, he killed everybody. His words were a major factor in the attempt to exterminate the Tutsi.”
“Apart from the 1992 speech, Mugesera had published a document in 1991 with even more inflammatory language,” Ndahiro added.
Reacting to the deportation, Canada’s Immigration Minister Jason Kenney tweeted: “Seventeen years is too long (to take) to deport a foreign criminal.”
In a statement, he said Canada should not be a dumping ground or a safe haven “for the world’s evildoers, according to The Gazzette.
“We are happy that we have finally managed to remove Mr. Mugesera from Canada. We hope that his ilk will never set foot on our soil again.”
Source: Newtimes, Wednesday January 25, 2012
Author: Edmund Kagire
author's email: edmund.kagire@newtimes.co.rw
RWANDA: Mugesera will get fair trial–MPs
Members of Parliament have said that the deportation of key Genocide suspect, Leon Mugesera, proves that the West trusts the country’s justice system and that the suspect will be accorded a fair trial like others.
Mugesera, a linguist who has lived in Canada since 1993, is accused of inciting the Genocide against the Tutsi in a speech he delivered two years before the Genocide.
“I wasn’t in Rwanda in 1992 when Mugesera made the genocide speech that led to the massacre, but I have listened to the speech. It is a great move to see that after all these years, he is brought back to the place he committed the crime,” remarked Senate president, Dr Jean Damascene Ntawukuriryayo.
He lauded those behind the deportation in both Rwanda and Canada.
Mugesera, 59, was due to be deported last week, when his lawyers made a last-ditch effort to keep him in the country by appealing to the Committee against Torture in the UN Human Rights Commission.
The UN committee then requested that Canada hold off on making a decision until it could examine the allegations, a process that would likely have taken several months.
A Quebec Superior Court judge Monday ruled that the plea by the United Nations Committee against Torture, to stay deportation on grounds that he would be tortured, was beyond the jurisdiction of the provincial court.
According to Ntawukuriryayo, Rwandans have a reason to be glad about the deportation of an alleged instigator of the genocide.
The Chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Unity, Human Rights and fight against Genocide, François Byabarumwanzi, said that he was waiting for the ‘big news’.
“I was sure Canada would eventually deport him. The rest was just a matter of buying time. Mugesera is one of the suspects we could categorise as architects of the Genocide ideology in this country,” said Byabarumwanzi.
In a 1992 speech, Mugesera called the Tutsi “cockroaches” and “scum,” as he encouraged the Hutus to kill them and dump them into River Nyabarongo – a tributary of the Nile – supposedly as a shortcut to Abyssinia (Ethiopia), where he said they originated from.
“He now has a chance to prove his innocence. I am convinced the courts will accord him a fair trial,” stated Byabarumwanzi.
Mugesera was the vice chairman of the MRND party that plunged Rwanda into the Genocide that claimed over a million lives. He fled to Canada to avoid prosecution, and has ever since waged a 16-year legal battle to avoid deportation.
According to the vice chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Security, Julienne Uwacu, the Canadian move to deport Mugesera is a lesson to all countries that have had doubts about the Rwandan justice system.
“Some countries in the West always claim they don’t trust our justice system, but if a country like Canada takes such a move, then it should be a lesson to other countries that Rwanda has a well-established professional justice system,” Uwacu affirmed.
Source: Newtimes, Wednesday January 25, 2012
Author: Edwin Musoni
author's email: edwin.musoni@newtimes.co.rw
RWANDA: Mugesera is a sectarian Philosopher, says don
Speaking to The New Times, Dr. Charles Karemangingo, the Rector of ISAE-Busogo, described Mugesera as a sectarian and racist philosopher, who tried to confuse the world and evade justice all these years he was in Canada.
Karemangingo, who was the president of the Rwandan association in Quebec, Canada, when Mugesera arrived there in 1993, narrated that, even his close friends advised him to own up and seek pardon, for his speech, but he stubbornly declined.
“His speech had reached Canada before he arrived in 1993, we presented the recordings to the media, but he instead turned and smeared those who were trying to bring his crimes to the limelight branding them Interahamwe,” Karemangingo narrated.
He mentioned that his arrival in Quebec divided the Rwandan community since there was a group of those who had fled after the genocide and had a role in the killings, which protected him, yet there were those calling for justice to prevail.
“This s a new chapter, there are so many people living in Canada, who tried to change names or nationalities because of their role in the Genocide. This sends a strong message that justice will one day catch up with them as well,” he added.
Epimaque Samvura, who in 1992 lived in Ruhengeri town, says he remembers Mugesera as a lecturer at the Nyakinama Campus of the National University of Rwanda.
“Thousands of bodies, including children, were thrown into rivers and other water channels because of Mugesera’s speech,” noted Samvura.
Source: Newtimes, Wednesday January 25, 2012
Author: Bonny Mukombozi
Author's email: bonny.mukombozi@newtimes.co.rw
Karemangingo, who was the president of the Rwandan association in Quebec, Canada, when Mugesera arrived there in 1993, narrated that, even his close friends advised him to own up and seek pardon, for his speech, but he stubbornly declined.
“His speech had reached Canada before he arrived in 1993, we presented the recordings to the media, but he instead turned and smeared those who were trying to bring his crimes to the limelight branding them Interahamwe,” Karemangingo narrated.
He mentioned that his arrival in Quebec divided the Rwandan community since there was a group of those who had fled after the genocide and had a role in the killings, which protected him, yet there were those calling for justice to prevail.
“This s a new chapter, there are so many people living in Canada, who tried to change names or nationalities because of their role in the Genocide. This sends a strong message that justice will one day catch up with them as well,” he added.
Epimaque Samvura, who in 1992 lived in Ruhengeri town, says he remembers Mugesera as a lecturer at the Nyakinama Campus of the National University of Rwanda.
“Thousands of bodies, including children, were thrown into rivers and other water channels because of Mugesera’s speech,” noted Samvura.
Source: Newtimes, Wednesday January 25, 2012
Author: Bonny Mukombozi
Author's email: bonny.mukombozi@newtimes.co.rw
RWANDA: Mugesera’s deportation an eye opener for revisionists–survivors
Dr. Jean Pierre Dusingizemungu, the President of Ibuka, an umbrella body of over 15 survivor associations, welcomed his deportation as a sign of true justice to the survivors.
“It has taken long for him to be deported because some genocide deniers tried to sabotage all the efforts. But we can finally say that justice is now served. Rwandans have made great strides towards healing and reconciliation and will always welcome such initiatives that serve the cause,” Dusingizemungu commented.
Diogene Bideri, a researcher, added that: “Mugesera is on record for openly calling for the extermination of the Tutsi race. He extensively used the Kinyarwanda language, using proverbs that only Rwandans understand so that nobody would be left guessing what his message was.
“The Genocide against the Tutsi did not appear spontaneously; it was planned, way before 1994, and that is why it is important that he is tried in Rwanda where people understand perfectly the words he spoke and in what context he said them. I do not believe that people elsewhere would clearly understand what Mugesera meant,” he stated.
The Secretary General of the National Commission for the Fight Against the Genocide, Jean De Dieu Mucyo, called on countries that still harbour genocide fugitives to follow Canada’s steps and bring them to justice.
“Many still harbour genocide ideologies and it would only be in the interest of humanity for them to face justice for the crimes they committed. I hope that Mugesera’s deportation serves a warning to those who still believe in inhumane ideologies, that justice will soon catch up with them,” Mucyo said.
“I also hope that for the sake of the survivors, Mugesera, as a renowned and vocal promoter of the Genocide against the Tutsis, will cooperate and expose some of the things that are still only known to the people who planned it.”
Aldo Havugimana, a Genocide survivor and now Director of Radio Salus, expressed delight stressing that the news of Mugesera’s deportation represents a personal triumph.
“Personally, I am very happy that those people thinking that they can escape justice and not be accountable for what they did and said, are finally brought to book. Now I believe that no matter where they hide, sooner or later, they will be sought out and pay for what they did,” Havugimana said.
“Those denying the Genocide is up to them; it will neither stop the truth from coming out nor will it stop our country from serving justice”.
In his infamous speech at a political rally in Ngororero District in the Western Province in 1992, Mugesera called for the extermination of Tutsis whom he referred to as scum and cockroaches.
Source: Newtimes, Wednesday January 25, 2012
Author: Ivan R. Mugisha
Author's email dressivan.mugisha@newtimes.co.rw
“It has taken long for him to be deported because some genocide deniers tried to sabotage all the efforts. But we can finally say that justice is now served. Rwandans have made great strides towards healing and reconciliation and will always welcome such initiatives that serve the cause,” Dusingizemungu commented.
Diogene Bideri, a researcher, added that: “Mugesera is on record for openly calling for the extermination of the Tutsi race. He extensively used the Kinyarwanda language, using proverbs that only Rwandans understand so that nobody would be left guessing what his message was.
“The Genocide against the Tutsi did not appear spontaneously; it was planned, way before 1994, and that is why it is important that he is tried in Rwanda where people understand perfectly the words he spoke and in what context he said them. I do not believe that people elsewhere would clearly understand what Mugesera meant,” he stated.
The Secretary General of the National Commission for the Fight Against the Genocide, Jean De Dieu Mucyo, called on countries that still harbour genocide fugitives to follow Canada’s steps and bring them to justice.
“Many still harbour genocide ideologies and it would only be in the interest of humanity for them to face justice for the crimes they committed. I hope that Mugesera’s deportation serves a warning to those who still believe in inhumane ideologies, that justice will soon catch up with them,” Mucyo said.
“I also hope that for the sake of the survivors, Mugesera, as a renowned and vocal promoter of the Genocide against the Tutsis, will cooperate and expose some of the things that are still only known to the people who planned it.”
Aldo Havugimana, a Genocide survivor and now Director of Radio Salus, expressed delight stressing that the news of Mugesera’s deportation represents a personal triumph.
“Personally, I am very happy that those people thinking that they can escape justice and not be accountable for what they did and said, are finally brought to book. Now I believe that no matter where they hide, sooner or later, they will be sought out and pay for what they did,” Havugimana said.
“Those denying the Genocide is up to them; it will neither stop the truth from coming out nor will it stop our country from serving justice”.
In his infamous speech at a political rally in Ngororero District in the Western Province in 1992, Mugesera called for the extermination of Tutsis whom he referred to as scum and cockroaches.
Source: Newtimes, Wednesday January 25, 2012
Author: Ivan R. Mugisha
Author's email dressivan.mugisha@newtimes.co.rw
RDC: Parjure : Déclaration de patrimoine de «Joseph Kabila» : Luzolo Bambi a menti !
Le "professeur" Luzolo Bambi Lessa. Photo ministère de Justice
Dans une déclaration plutôt inhabituelle faite lundi 23 janvier à la télévision nationale (RTNC), le ministre congolais de la Justice, Luzolo Bambi Lessa, a annoncé que «Joseph Kabila» a déjà déposé sa déclaration de patrimoine à la Cour suprême de justice (Cour constitutionnelle), conformément à l’article 99 de la Constitution. Le locuteur est resté cependant muet sur les dates. A savoir : la date de la remise effective de ce document à cette haute juridiction et celle de la transmission de celui-ci à l’administration fiscale (DGI).
«Je porte à la connaissance de la population congolaise, à tous nos compatriotes qu’au terme de l’article 99 de la Constitution, il fait obligation au chef de l’Etat de déclarer ses avoirs. A ce jour, je viens vous annoncer que cette déclaration du chef de l’Etat a été faite dans le délai constitutionnel prescrit». Tel est en liminaire le message gouvernemental qui ressemble fort à une opération destinée à circonscrire un "brasier".
Un confrère kinois qui a suivi cette sortie médiatique de Luzolo Bambi s’est dit incrédule. «Dans un pays où le moindre fait et geste du chef de l’Etat est montré à la télévision nationale, dit-il, c’est assez étonnant que personne n’ait vu Joseph Kabila se rendre à la Cour suprême de justice pour accomplir cette obligation.» Et d’ajouter : «Luzolo est le seul à croire en ses mensonges. Il sait très bien que dès le lendemain de la cérémonie de prestation de serment organisée le mardi 20 décembre, Kabila n’a plus été vu en public».
Professeur de droit à l’université de Kinshasa, Luzolo Bambi aurait pu se montrer plus rigoureux - pour tordre le cou aux «ragots» - en indiquant la «date certaine» non seulement du dépôt du document à la Cour mais aussi celle de la transmission à la Direction générale des impôts (DGI). «La Cour constitutionnelle communique cette déclaration à l’administration fiscale», stipule le troisième alinéa de l’article 99 de la Constitution promulguée théâtralement, le 18 février 2006, par «Joseph Kabila».
Quelle est la motivation de cette annonce? Ce ministre s’est contenté d’invoquer le souci de «transparence de la gestion et de la bonne gouvernance» pour justifier son intervention laquelle, selon lui, «entre dans les objectifs nobles de la tolérance zéro». «La déclaration des avoirs du chef de l’Etat dans le délai constitutionnel est d’une grande portée nationale», a-t-il souligné. Sans convaincre.
Pour noyer le poisson, le «professeur» Luzolo a invité les «hauts responsables de l’Etat» à faire de même. Lesquels? L’article 99 de la Constitution n’épingle que le président de la République et les membres du gouvernement. Ceux-ci sont tenus de faire cette déclaration non seulement "avant leur entrée en fonction" mais aussi "à l’expiration de celle-ci".
Luzolo qui confond décidément la fonction ministérielle et la mission dévolue notamment à la police et autres cours et tribunaux a fait une longue tirade en indiquant que les contrevenants à cette disposition constitutionnelle s’exposaient «à des poursuites judiciaires» s’il s’avérait qu’ils ont bénéficié d’un "enrichissement illicite" en rapport avec à l’exercice des charges publiques qui leur ont été confiées.
Que conclure sinon que le ministre "de la République" Luzolo Bambi Lessa n’a pas dit la vérité aux Congolais. Osons appeler le chat par son nom : le ministre a menti. Dans la soirée de lundi 23 janvier, des sources bien informées tant à la Cour suprême de justice (Cour constitutionnelle) qu’à la DGI étaient imperturbables : «Lundi 23 janvier 2012, le dépôt de la déclaration écrite sur le patrimoine de Joseph Kabila n’était toujours pas enregistré tant à la Cour suprême qu’à l’Administration fiscale…». «Faute de cette déclaration, endéans les trente jours, la personne concernée est réputée démissionnaire», dispose le quatrième alinéa du texte précité.
Un confrère kinois qui a suivi cette sortie médiatique de Luzolo Bambi s’est dit incrédule. «Dans un pays où le moindre fait et geste du chef de l’Etat est montré à la télévision nationale, dit-il, c’est assez étonnant que personne n’ait vu Joseph Kabila se rendre à la Cour suprême de justice pour accomplir cette obligation.» Et d’ajouter : «Luzolo est le seul à croire en ses mensonges. Il sait très bien que dès le lendemain de la cérémonie de prestation de serment organisée le mardi 20 décembre, Kabila n’a plus été vu en public».
Professeur de droit à l’université de Kinshasa, Luzolo Bambi aurait pu se montrer plus rigoureux - pour tordre le cou aux «ragots» - en indiquant la «date certaine» non seulement du dépôt du document à la Cour mais aussi celle de la transmission à la Direction générale des impôts (DGI). «La Cour constitutionnelle communique cette déclaration à l’administration fiscale», stipule le troisième alinéa de l’article 99 de la Constitution promulguée théâtralement, le 18 février 2006, par «Joseph Kabila».
Quelle est la motivation de cette annonce? Ce ministre s’est contenté d’invoquer le souci de «transparence de la gestion et de la bonne gouvernance» pour justifier son intervention laquelle, selon lui, «entre dans les objectifs nobles de la tolérance zéro». «La déclaration des avoirs du chef de l’Etat dans le délai constitutionnel est d’une grande portée nationale», a-t-il souligné. Sans convaincre.
Pour noyer le poisson, le «professeur» Luzolo a invité les «hauts responsables de l’Etat» à faire de même. Lesquels? L’article 99 de la Constitution n’épingle que le président de la République et les membres du gouvernement. Ceux-ci sont tenus de faire cette déclaration non seulement "avant leur entrée en fonction" mais aussi "à l’expiration de celle-ci".
Luzolo qui confond décidément la fonction ministérielle et la mission dévolue notamment à la police et autres cours et tribunaux a fait une longue tirade en indiquant que les contrevenants à cette disposition constitutionnelle s’exposaient «à des poursuites judiciaires» s’il s’avérait qu’ils ont bénéficié d’un "enrichissement illicite" en rapport avec à l’exercice des charges publiques qui leur ont été confiées.
Que conclure sinon que le ministre "de la République" Luzolo Bambi Lessa n’a pas dit la vérité aux Congolais. Osons appeler le chat par son nom : le ministre a menti. Dans la soirée de lundi 23 janvier, des sources bien informées tant à la Cour suprême de justice (Cour constitutionnelle) qu’à la DGI étaient imperturbables : «Lundi 23 janvier 2012, le dépôt de la déclaration écrite sur le patrimoine de Joseph Kabila n’était toujours pas enregistré tant à la Cour suprême qu’à l’Administration fiscale…». «Faute de cette déclaration, endéans les trente jours, la personne concernée est réputée démissionnaire», dispose le quatrième alinéa du texte précité.
Author: B.A.W
Source: Congoindépendant 2003-2012, du 24-1-2012
Source: Congoindépendant 2003-2012, du 24-1-2012
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