Kinshasa, 18 May, 2024 / 10:24 pm (ACI Africa).
Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), who is facing a judicial enquiry into allegations of “seditious behavior” that were leveled against him has said that his Thursday, May 16 meeting with the country’s President, Félix Tshisekedi, aimed at clarifying “various points”.
Addressing journalists after the May 16 meeting that reportedly lasted two hours, Cardinal Ambongo said he requested the audience to “shed light on various points”, and that with the encounter, “everything” has become “clear”.
On April 27, the Attorney General of the DRC’s Court of Cassation, Firmin Mvonde Manbu, issued a letter ordering the attorney general of Kinshasa’s Matete district court to open an investigation into Cardinal Ambongo’s alleged “seditious behavior.”
In the letter, Mr. Manbu accused the Congolese Cardinal of issuing “a constant stream of seditious remarks made during press briefings, interviews, and other sermons”, which, according to the Attorney General, served to “discourage the soldiers of the republic’s armed forces” and encourage “the mistreatment of local populations by rebels and other invaders.”
He said that Cardinal Ambongo “deliberately violates people’s consciences and seems to find pleasure in these false rumors and other incitements of the population to revolt against established institutions and acts against human lives.”
