Following the U.S.-brokered peace agreement between Rwanda and the DRC on June 27, 2025, the Tshisekedi regime, visibly humiliated after Washington dismissed its tired narrative of victimhood, has launched a desperate campaign of empty patriotic posturing.
Leading the charge was Patrick Muyaya, the Minister of Communication and chief propagandist. Reviving the old balkanization scarecrow, he boldly declared, “The DRC will not concede a single centimeter, nor a single resource.”
Foreign Minister Thérèse Wagner Kayikwamba quickly echoed the line, distracting the public that the Rwanda-DRC deal was “not a sell-off of our resources.”
This playbook is nothing new. Whenever pressed to account for their failures, the Tshisekedi regime turns to theatrics. They puff up their chests before the Congolese people, lacking the courage to admit their own incompetence.
They can’t have the guts to explain to the Congolese how they failed to dismantle the FDLR, a key demand outlined in Luanda and now reinforced through this peace framework. They’re also not ready to tell the Congolese people why dialogue with the M23, something they once demonized, is now central to the Doha process.
Instead, they’re dusting off the old nationalist slogans. They talk as if the DRC is the only country in the region with mineral wealth, reviving the tired image of the “resource-rich” and shouting about sovereignty while dodging responsibility.
The Tshisekedi regime has been cornered by diplomacy. There’s no room left for spin. The job ahead is not to distract Congolese citizens with speeches and slogans, but to deliver peace.
No more whining. No more deflections.
The time to act is now. The world is watching, and the countdown has begun.
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