DR Congo presidential aide gets 20 years for corruption vanguardnews
A top aide to DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi was handed 20 years hard labour for corruption on Saturday in a case that has tested the government’s anti-graft credentials.
The case marks the first time a figure considered untouchable in Congolese political life — Kamerhe was also a key ally of former president Joseph Kabila — has been tried and convicted for corruption. “Some key players in the mechanisms for misappropriation appear to have been spared. It is difficult to understand,” said Floribert Anzulini of the citizens’ movement Filimbi, also citing a bank at the heart of the case.Kamerhe’s lawyers said they would appeal as forced labour is banned under the country’s constitution.
“It is not me under attack, it is the president of the republic,” Kamerhe told the prosecutor, who reproached him for his “tendency to hide behind the head of state”.
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