"Thus goes the glory of the world" - Congolese Independent

2024-08-04 11:46:18

When the “Force of Progress” attacks Joseph Kabila’s residence. Therefore the glory of this world passes!

Gaston Mutamba Lucas

This Wednesday 31 July in the morning, my friend who knows what is happening in all the nooks and crannies of Kinshasa the dilapidated was aroused by gunshots coming from the side of the building GLM (Litho Moboti Group). For those who don’t know, former Raïs Joseph Kabila is hiding in his former official residence in the immediate vicinity. This building, also owned by GECAMINES, was the official residence of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and then the Prime Minister. Feeling that his mandate was coming to an end, for the sake of comfort and security, he bought the Villa Gécamines as well as the neighboring residences, including GLM, at a price known only to the parties. Anyway, let’s move on!

The massive influx of young people identified as part of the “Force du Progress/Base Lukunga”, a special brigade of the UDPS, disturbed the peace of the former Raïs clan. They are not jokes. Hell and damnation!

“Thus goes the glory of the world” – Congolese Independent

Two members of “Force du Progress” “mastered” the GLM

We remember his muscular participation, on 20 May 2023, in the suppression of the peaceful march of the opposition against the high cost of living and the way in which the electoral process was conducted. They spend their time terrorizing the population. Victims recount with trembling voices how they were abducted, tortured and imprisoned. They sometimes collect taxes. Stupor and trembling! It is “macoutism”!

In Haiti, the National Security Volunteers (VSN) were called “Tontons Macoute” because of their fearsome character. It was a paramilitary militia that was created the day after an attack, on July 29, 1958, against President François Duvalier. Hell and damnation! As often happens in wars, everything started from a banal event, a conflict of fragments in the commune of Gombe, on Uvira Avenue. One of the protagonists asked the Force of Progress to intimidate his opponent and associate him. It hurts. About two hundred members of the Force of Progress who understand only one language, the language of violence, destroyed the disputed building and injured the occupants. Saperlipopette! The police intervened to stop the rampage. The lonely men then went towards the GLM building which is not far away.

Right: ex-raïs “Joseph Kabila”

Eating comes with appetite, they say. Explaining this, they encouraged the police who were guarding Joseph Kabila’s residence. They tore down posters, banners, uniforms. Crowd movements are often unpredictable. Some tried to push the gate in. It was all uproar. Sensing the growing threat, the police fired shots into the air to keep the bandits at bay. When calm returned, the former First Lady Olive Lembe came out of her torpor to declare urbi et orbi that the attackers had come to physically eliminate her and exile the family of the “father of democracy” . She was in shock and very emotional. She invoked divine justice before two bound assailants. Understand his feeling! Yesterday’s super predators are today’s feared game. Thus the glory of the world vanishes!

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. This is Newton’s third law. The next day, the police raided the Force du Progress around 2 a.m. They arrested 137 outlaws. In addition to machetes, there were girls, boys, minors and children. Sapristi! On Friday the 2nd of August, around 65 people were tried in flagrante delicto for the forced eviction and attack on the residence of former Raïs Joseph Kabila. Due to logistical problems, the trial was interrupted. It will continue this Monday, August 5.

We say that a moment of patience can protect us from bad luck. A moment of impatience can ruin an entire life.