Tshisekedi calls for severe and exemplary sanctions against companies that illegally exploit DRC’s minerals
In his speech delivered on Tuesday, September 21 from the United Nations podium for the 76th General Assembly, the Head of State Félix Tshisekedi called for sanctions against all mafia networks operating in the DRC, and all multinational companies who illegally exploit minerals there.
“(…) Severe and exemplary sanctions be taken against all mafia networks, whether in transit countries, or of destination or against the multinationals which illegally exploit the minerals of my country and in return feed the armed groups with arms and ammunition, thus perpetuating the conflict in the DRC and in the lakes region ”, said Félix Tshisekedi in particular.
Regarding the illicit exploitation of minerals in the DRC, six Chinese companies are on the dock in the territory of Mwenga (South Kivu) where Governor Théo Kasi has decided to suspend their activities because they are operating illegally. The parliamentary commission of inquiry dispatched to the field by the National Assembly finalized the first part of its mission, that of collecting the various information on these allegations of illegal exploitation of minerals. The President of the delegation, the national deputy Jean-Claude Kibala, informed ACTUALITE.CD that the second stage of the mission will take place in Kinshasa with the hearings of certain authorities and services at the level of the central government.
