His arrest comes amid serious tensions within the ruling coalition, formed by president Félix Tshisekedi and his predecessor Joseph Kabila.
the minister of Justice of the democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Célestin Tunda Ya Kasende, was arrested Saturday in Kinshasa, in full political crisis within the ruling coalition, indicated to the AFP a member of his political family.
Celestin Tunda Ya Kasende was led to the Prosecutor general at the Court of cassation, said the member of parliament and ex-minister Felix Kabange Numbi, now before this court. He is being prosecuted for “forgery and use of forgery”, continued the mp.
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His arrest comes amid serious tensions within the ruling coalition, formed by president Félix Tshisekedi and his predecessor Joseph Kabila, whose Célestin Tunda Ya Kasende is a close. “The police around my residence”, had said the minister of Justice, 10 minutes before his arrest.
Asked about a “bench warrant” issued against him, which had been reported to judicial sources, the minister had replied: “this is what it says. I have not yet seen the document”. “I have immunity as a member of the government”, he added.
violent Protests
Lawyer, Célestin Tunda Ya Kasende is a member of the political family of Joseph Kabila’s majority in the Parliament and form a coalition government with the party of the president Tshisekedi.
Friday, during the Council of ministers, the head of State has severely criticized the minister of Justice to be transmitted to the national Assembly the opinion of the government on three law proposals very controversial. A “personal initiative,” notes the minutes of the Council of ministers.
the proposed law on the status of magistrates, and defended by two members of the common Front for the Congo (FCC), the political platform of former president Kabila, have caused Tuesday and Wednesday, violent protests around the Parliament, on the part of supporters of the Union for democracy and social progress (UDPS), the party of the president Tshisekedi.
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The Prime minister and a majority of the 66 ministers in the government are from the FCC. The minister’s decree has the status of vice-Prime minister.
