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Kinshasa independent daily Le Potentiel accused today DRC acting top
cop, Gen. Charles Bisengimana, of having usurped powers well above and
beyond his pay grade.
(Gen. Bisengimana has been acting in an interim capacity as DRC top
cop since the suspension in June 2010 of his boss, Gen. John Numbi,
whose name surfaced in the double murder of rights activist Floribert
"Flori" Chebeya and his driver Fidèle Bazana.
Gen. Bisengemina, a Rwandophone and an ex-officer of the former rebel
outfit RCD, was integrated into the national police since the peace
accords of 2003.)
The Potentiel article is titled "Confusion at the Congolese National Police."
(Page Address: www.lepotentielonline.com/709-confusion-a-la-police-nationale-congolaise)
In contention is the DRC Organic Law No. 11/013 of August 11, 2011.
The law, still to be implemented by a decree of the prime minister,
merges the Police Nationale Congolaise (PNC) and the Police Judiciaire
des Parquets (PJP) as subdivisions into one single entity called the
Police Nationale (PN).
Up to the implementation of the new law, the Congolese National Police
(PNC) is in the purview of the Interior Minister whereas the Public
Prosecutor's Judicial Police (PJP) is a division of the Justice
Minister.
Also, until the new law sees the light of day, the PJP is in charge of
the National Central Bureau (NCB) that links the resources of the
national police with INTERPOL.
Le Potentiel charges that for quite some time now, Gen. Bisengimana
has kept bombarding himself in administrative correspondence with the
rank of "Acting General Commissioner of National Police."
Again, Le Potentiel insists, the "National Police" to this day is
still an entity that only exists on paper.
Worse, on May 8, 2012, Gen. Bisengimana took upon himself to address
to INTERPOL Secretary General a letter in which he explains the new
structure of the National Police.
In the same letter, Gen. Bisengimina arrogated to himself the rank of
head of Kinshasa NCB/INTERPOL as well.
This was the last straw that triggered the response from the Judicial
Police, which frowned on Gen. Bisengimana for treading on its turf
without any legal mandate.
In a letter addressed to Gen. Bisengimana on June 8, Deputy General
Inspector of Judicial Police Pierre Masudi expressed his astonishment
at seeing the mention of "National Police" in official correspondence.
And to Masudi's knowledge, as of June 8, PNC and PJP were still two
separate entities--with the latter in charge of NCB/INTERPOL.
Masudi also reminded Gen. Bisengimana that in the protocol of the
International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO)/ INTERPOL, a police
entity that also deals with domestic political investigations can't be
part of a country member's NCB.
The conflict between Gen. Bisengimana and Masudi escalated so badly
that Attorney General Flory Kabange Numbi had to intervene in order to
remind both parties that the implementation of the reform was still
pending.
Le Potentiel sees this hoo-haa occurring at a time when the government
"is at pain to get out of the quagmire in the east where M23 are
consolidating" their positions as a nefarious ploy by Gen.
Bisengimansa "to seek the paralysis of both of these structures" [PNC
& PJP].
This is some heavy allegation made by Le Potentiel given, as I
mentioned above, the nature of the background of Gen. Bisengimana.
Were his downfall to happen, some would see it as the start of a purge
of former associates of M23 operators still in sensitize positions in
the DRC security sector.
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PHOTO CREDITS: AFP
Via: prensalibre.com
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