Surrendering FDLR & Their Congolese Families

From ::Colored Opinions:: Sun Jun 15 2014, 17:49:00

Lambert Mende on the Congolese family of surrendering FDRL rebels:

"Some of them are genociders really, but others are not because I visited the camp the MONUSCO set up in Kanyabayonga, 200 kilometers from Goma, and I witnessed that a majority of them are less than 20 years. These young men of 15 years, 16, 17 you can't call them genociders ... there is a lot of Congolese women who are linked with them, fiancé or wives and we have to take care of these compatriots." Lambert Mende on the nonsense pushed by Congolese opposition and civil society concerning this process:

'On ne voit très pas bien par quelle alchimie ces actions préalables pourraient être utilement conduites d'un coup de baguette magique en quelques heures pour satisfaire ceux qui prétendent que la RDC ne devrait plus tolérer même un mois de plus des gens désarmés et en attente de départ sous le contrôle de nos forces de sécurité alors qu'elle les avait subi armés et offensifs pendant ces 20 dernières années. C'est tout simplement insensé' On Congo - Rwanda border tensions concerning an Eucalyptus tree:

'Les Rwandais se déploient comme s'ils allaient attaquer. Ils avancent jusqu'à quelques mètres de nos positions, nous disent que cet arbre leur appartient et que nous devons le couper de gré ou de force'

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