Kabila is also considered responsible for organizing an insurrection and plotting against the country, so that René Likulia also requested the seizure of all his assets, 20 years in prison for advocating war crimes, 15 years in prison for conspiracy and the immediate arrest of the accused, reported Radio Okapi.
During the closing arguments, the Office of the Prosecutor identified the former President as the intellectual instigator of the atrocities committed by the rebels of the Congo River Alliance-March 23 Movement (AFC/M23) in the east of the country.
In this regard, he highlighted the national damage caused by killings, rapes, deportations and destruction in eastern DRC, where the AFC/M23 has several towns and villages occupied.
According to Actualité.CD, the Prosecutor’s Office demonstrated the link between the rebel movement and Kabila through arguments such as the accused’s characterization of the actions perpetrated by the rebels as “the aspirations of the people”, as well as their return to the country through the insurgent-controlled area.
On Thursday, the civil parties called for more than 21 billion US dollars in damages to the Congolese state, and insisted on the reclassification of crimes, particularly espionage, accusing Kabila of being a Rwandan national.
The Superior Military Court must issue its verdict on September 1, in a trial with the absent accused, while supporters of the former president claimed that the sentence resulted in political persecution.
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