As the world is commemorating the over one million men, women, and children killed during the 1994 genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda, and as the world re-commits itself to fight the ideology of genocide and evils such as denial and hate speech, the Tshisekedi regime in DRC has turned a deaf ear. It shows no intent to end its campaign of genocide against the Tutsi in DRC, and throughout the region.
Tshisekedi regime through his spokesperson Patrick Muyaya, together with the state-paid “experts” and authors launched yesterday on national television a campaign called “30 years is enough” ( 30 ans ça suffit) to deny genocide against Tutsi and promote the double Genocide theory. The program has come at the time when his government has vowed to support genocidaire and help them to overthrow the government of Rwanda and continue their unfinished business of exterminating Tutsi.
At the 30th commemoration of the genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda, where humanity has renewed its commitment to fight against genocidal ideology in the Great Lakes region, it is sad to see that Congolese national broadcaster RTNC transforming into RTLM, an anti-Tutsi hate media.
While many countries continue to play a pivotal role in arresting, trying, and repatriating genocide fugitives who were hidden on their soil, 30 years later, Tshisekedi still harbors a huge number of Genocide fugitives. According to Rwanda National Public Prosecution Authority, DR Congo is home to 372 indicted Genocide suspects. While countries have extradited those fugitives and others have used their own jurisdictions to hold perpetrators to account, Kinshasa regime has decided to use them in their agenda to overthrow the leadership of Rwanda.
It is not a surprise for Tshisekedi regime to fall into this cynical denialism 30 years later, given the fact that given that the regime is now in the same bed as the Rwandan genocidal outfit FDLR and their new recruits. Providing them huge support at the extent of embedding them in the Congolese army.
30 years is enough for Tshisekedi to cease clinging behind the anti-Tutsi campaigns. Today high-ranking Congolese officials are still preaching hate ideology, encouraging Congolese to hate Tutsis, insulting them, and giving them names. This is the same approach used by Habyarimana’s regime official that resulted into Genocide, surprisingly Tshisekedi has not yet learned a lesson.
The anti-Tutsi hate speech widely spread in the DRC with complete impunity, and which exacerbates acts of violence against Congolese Tutsis, constitutes in itself a threat to regional stability.
How Tshisekedi regime strives to radicalize its entire population against Rwanda, officially against the Tutsis given various speeches from Congolese officials, is very worrying and bodes poorly for the future of the Great Lakes region, and in particular, the East.
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