After being denounced by the Congolese people, laughed out of diplomatic circles, and ridiculed by any halfway sane observer, Congolese ruler Félix Tshisekedi, has now found himself exposed by yet another implacable voice of reason. It is none other than former South African President Thabo Mbeki.
The elder statesman pointed out the obvious: Tshisekedi has run the DRC like a Luba-Kasaian Mafia, shamelessly favouring his ethnic clique while spitting on national unity.
Tshisekedi has “governed” with tribal favouritism, turning state institutions into Luba tribal clubs during a reign of ethnic injustice.
While Congolese from other tribes are arrested, jailed, or worse for speaking their minds, Tshisekedi’s Luba clique can steal, insult, and kill without consequences. Justice in Congo? “Pouvoir ya biso baluba” as the regime chants. The rest? “Kanga Munoko Na Yo!” Shut your mouth.
This double-standard tyranny now has real consequences. Goma is gone. The East has slipped from Tshisekedi’s greasy grip. And former president Joseph Kabila, the man Tshisekedi slandered by calling him “Rwandan,” has returned to the eastern heartland to join the Congolese resistance: the M23/AFC Congolese political-military movement. A movement which Mbeki, to Tshisekedi’s horror, rightly understands as a Congolese response to state tribalism and military alliance with the genocidaires from FDLR.
Tshisekedi’s pea-sized brain never foresaw this. In his buffoonish arrogance, he believed that pampering his UDPS thugs and tribal gang would keep him safe. Instead, he created a monster of revolution. He swore by his ethnicity and built a dictatorship so backwards it would make Mobutu blush. Congo has 450 tribes, but Tshisekedi thinks it’s a family reunion for Luba elites. If it were just “Bukalenga Bwetû,” maybe we’d understand. But this is not a village monarchy—it’s a nation.
And of course, when it all collapses, Mr “I didn’t know, I wasn’t aware, it’s always someone else’s fault” will shrug like he always does. It’s Rwanda’s fault. It’s Kabila’s fault. It’s anyone but his. But, when the people rise, even the noisiest buffoon must fall. Tshisekedi’s tribal experiment has failed. His regime is on its last legs.
The East is gone. Goma stands with Kabila. The resistance is national. And the final nail in the coffin is already being hammered in—by the very people he tried to muzzle.
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