One of the fallouts of the assassination of Floribert “Flori” Chebeya is the suspension of top cop General John Numbi and the promotion of his deputy, General Charles Bisengimana. Divisional Inspector Charles Bisengimana is a Tutsi who was part of the Rwandan-propped rebellion of Laurent Kabila that dismantled the Mobutu regime and later on joined the RCD rebellion. He was promoted general in 2003 at the outset of the Transition that saw the integration of rebel forces into the Congolese army and police… I have serious concerns, however, over the promotion of General Charles Bisengimana as an individual to the position where the incumbent is supposed to protect civilians. In an ideal, informed, and civilized country, this appointment would have been met with outcry, mass protests and universal calls to rescind it. Then again, it’s “hell’s system,” isn’t it? … Well, General Charles Bisengimana is one of those “suspects” to be “castigated” and, again, in an ideal and civilized world, to be criminally prosecuted now that the ICC has finally been established. The report also duly notes that, the crimes involved being crimes against humanity, “the allegations of these crimes […] are not subject to prescription.” 19 chilling crimes were identified by the commission: “1) Murders, assassinations, massacres, drowning; 2) Burning of villages and crops, destruction of property; 3) Torture and inhuman treatment, mutilation; 4) Rape; 5) Disappearances; 6) Systematic looting; 7) Obstruction of humanitarian aid; 8) Incitement of hatred; 9) Theft of livestock and property; 10) Hostage-taking; 11) Kidnapping of children and medical patients; 12) Recruitment of minors; 13) Non-assistance to people in danger; 14) Arrest and arbitrary detention; 15) Conviction and execution without recourse to a legally constituted tribunal;16) Crime of aggression; 17) Forced expulsion of Tutsis (Masisi, Kinshasa, Katanga, Kisangani); 18) Forced repatriation of refugees; 19) Racial, ethnic or political persecution.”
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 12:30:56 +0000
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