Pambazuka - Need for a new beginning in DRC

Pambazuka - Need for a new beginning in DRC

UN chief calls Presidents of Rwanda and the Congo

I hope that the UN chief call will help the Presidents of both Rwanda and the Congo, and the rebels understand that the ongoing armed conflicts in our region should no longer be justified or tolerated because they mostly harm helpless innocent people, they harm the progress of the very needed peace, stability and prosperity for all affected countries and unavoidably our interdependent world's potential economic investment with clean and fair profit in our region at large and the Democratic Republic of Congo, in particular. I hope that from this call will, come the wisdom to remember the importance of neighboring countries' good social, economic and political relations while respecting each individual country's sovereignty in our obvious irreversible interdependent world. Hopefully this call will help the concerned presidents to remember that many of us no longer tolerate the continuous bloodshed in our region and that former Libyan president M. Gaddafi, ... were once so-called most powerful individuals on our continent based on their fingers on the trigger, tricks, myths and personal wealth but their end became disgraceful to the point that I personally as proudly African will feel ashamed if another head of state / president / first citizen of any of our continent's countries have a disgraceful end. These persistent conflicts based on self political and economic power gains are a threat not only to ordinary people of the region but also to our potential visitors and investors and our innocent future generations, including the two presidents' and rebels' children. Regrettably some people seem not to care about what is to happen to their own children after they will have destroyed all our potential social, economic and political improvement!

On behalf of the “Revolution Congolaise.rc”

Pacifique Sukisa - Makasi, President

Ambassadorial Forum: DRC presidential elections and its aftermath by National Library of South Africa (NLSA)

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A regional response to the post-election situation in the DRC

http://www.congoforum.be/upldocs/DRC%20roundtable.pdf

Mr. Pacifique Sukisa-Makasi's speech at the 31 / 01/ 2012 ambassadorial-forum

31st January 2012,

Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen,

Thank you all for giving me the opportunity to be with you today,

When a weak, short and thin man like me conquers fear, then you know that the house is burning!

My name is Pacifique and my surname is Sukisa-Makasi. I am a Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s villager who supposed to be talking to you about farming that I love the most but instead, I am forced to talk to you about the abuses of human rights in the DRC since no one can successfully farm where there is no peace and stability. I am currently the President of the Revolution Congolaise, RC, in short.

If you have not yet had a clear picture of what the Revolution Congolaise – RC is.

1. NAME & ACRONYM
   Revolution Congolaise, RC.
2. GENERAL INFORMATION
   The RC is a movement of moderate Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) citizens from the DRC diversity (men and women from all DRC' s eleven provinces, political and Human Rights activists, churches leaders, students, workers in the DRC public and the private sector, the unemployed, etc.); we are united in the fight against dictatorial governments that deny us (DRC people) dignity, liberty and protection, governments that oppress us than protecting us, and rooted on injustice, discrimination, intolerance and the lack of good will to make the DRC an effective member of the SADEC, the AU and the International Community; and most importantly, we are united in the fight against Mr. Kabila's governments” incompetency and, or, lack of free will to make the DRC peaceful, stable and prosperous.
3. VISION
   The RC vision is to effectively contribute on building a future DRC where shall reign dignity and freedom of people who live in it, visit it, and invest in it, a DRC that shall formally be an effective member of the SADEC, the AU and the International Community, based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Free World's principles.

As stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:

1. We are all born free and equal,
2. Don’t discriminate,
3. The right to life,
4. No slavery,
5. No torture,
6. You have rights no matter where you go,
7. We are all equal before the law,
8. Your human rights are protected by law,
9. No unfair detainment,
10. The right to trial,
11. We are always innocent till proven guilty,
12. The right to privacy,
13. Freedom to move,
14. The right to seek a safe place to live,
15. Right to a nationality,
16. Marriage and family,
17. Your own things,
18. Freedom to thoughts,
19. Freedom of expression,
20. Right to public assembly,
21. The right to democracy,
22. Social security,
23. Workers’ rights,
24. The right to play,
25. Food and shelter for all,
26. The right to education,
27. Copyright,
28. A fair and free world,
29. Responsibility,
30. No one can take away your human rights.

Ladies and gentlemen, the “Revolution Congolaise - RC” that I am representing here, does not see a single of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that Mr. Joseph Kabila’s governments have not persistently abused yet.

Because, Mr. Kabila’s governments have intentionally denied us access to:

1. Safety and dignity, (continuous unrest in the east of the DRC; looting; sexual cruelty against our mothers, sisters, grandmothers, aunts, daughters, nieces, cousins and, so on,
2. Clean drinking water in a DRC with a huge natural water reserve (lakes, rivers and even a sea),
3. Food in a DRC with a very fertile land and good climate for farming, a DRC that is believed to produce food able to feed the whole African continent on its own for at least ten years,
4. Basic health care in a DRC with high malaria, HIV/Aids, many diseases related to malnutrition, dirty water, etc,
5. Education (we mean modern education with free primary education, bursaries for intelligent universities and colleges’ students),
6. Electricity in a country that is believed to already have huge ready to distribute electricity,
7. Safe and available road, air and maritime public transport,
8. Communication means among others phones, Internet, short message services, etc,
9. The right to know (freedom of the media),
10. Right to reasonable and regular salaries for teachers, medical workers, army and police staff and other workers in the public sector and in the private sector where most employers are from countries with poor human rights record.
11. Employment for the unemployed,

But, most importantly, Mr. Kabila’s governments have denied us the right to:

1. Democracy;
2. Fair and free elections;
3. A legitimate, competent and responsible government with strong institutions among others the Independent Electoral Commission, the judiciary institutions, strong / disciplined army and police forces, etc, rather than strong individuals ,
4. Peace, stability and prosperity;
5. A formal effective membership of our Interdependent World mainly based on the “free world” principles;

• The involvement of Mr. Kabila in the manipulation of the DRC constitution in his personal favor;
• his ties with informal and formal groups with political ideologies based on the promotion of tribal or ethnic groups, provincial, linguistic, religious, regional divisions;
• his intentional rejection of the expertise of the International Community in our Country's political and economic affairs;
• his power that is mainly his finger on the trigger,

do no longer give us a good reason to do not call his governments, dictatorial governments committed to oppress us [DRC people] than protecting us. We are talking here, about, governments rooted on injustices, discrimination and intolerance.

Therefore, we, the Revolution Congolaise - RC team, have decided to no longer sit paralyzed, watching and hopping that our social, economic and political horrible situation will positively change itself.

Because:

“yesterday is not ours to recover but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose”,

we respectfully, request that the SADEC, the former “CPGL”, the African Union and the International Community help us (DRC people) to meet and have a dialogue on how important and urgent it is that we (DRC people) unite and commit onto fighting our common enemies that are: hunger and malnutrition, poor health care (HIV/aids, malaria,…) poor education, dictatorship, human rights abuses, lack of strong government institutions, lack of formal and effective partnership with the International Community based on the free world principles, rather than fighting ourselves or to blaming others of our misery.

The “Revolution Congolaise - RC” team is convinced that together,

the daughters and the sons of the DRC, in partnership with the International Community, a peaceful, a stable and a prosperous DRC based on the “government of the people, by the people, for the people,” and “a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunity” is possible.

We mean, a DRC that shall contribute on making our Interdependent world a better place by contributing on the efforts of other global men and women committed to:

“transforming ideas into action, combating climate change, treating HIV/Aids and malaria, promoting economic opportunity, creating sustainable development in Africa, enabling sustainable development, fighting child obesity”, in some parts of the world while fighting famine in other parts of the world.

Many thanks again ladies and gentlemen,

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INVITATION!

English

Invitation to you who wish peace, stability and prosperity to the DR Congo

Happy 2012 to all!

Since the positive change of our country [the Democratic Republic of Congo] is primarily a responsibility of us [Democratic Republic of Congo’s citizens], the “Revolution Congolaise - RC” team is requesting that all the DRC groups and individuals who are committed to contribute on making the Democratic Republic of Congo - DRC peaceful, stable and prosperous, consider, regardless of their political opinions, political belonging, religion, gender, tribal/ethnic group, age, provincial and regional belonging, social and economic position, etc, to unite in shared aims that are mainly: good future governance in the DRC based on democracy, the respect and promotion of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and our Interdependent world’s principles.

Because we understand and accept as true the fact that our world is irreversibly Interdependent whether some of us like or not, we request that the International community at large and the developed world in particular come to our rescue as alone we are unable to positively change the face of the DRC that we believe have potentials to effectively contribute on making our world a better place.

Therefore, we hope that the International community will consider to helping the DR Congo give birth to a new political generation willing to be guided towards governances based on democracy, the respect and promotion of the human rights’ principles, in opposition to our existing dictatorial political systems based on fear of modernism, selfish ambitions, etc.

We thank you,

On behalf of the “Revolution Congolaise - RC”,

Pacifique Sukisa-Makasi.

French

Invitation à vous qui souhaitez la paix, la stabilité et la prospérité a la DR Congo

Heureuse 2012 à tous!

Puisque le changement positif de notre pays [la Republique Democratique du Congo] est principalement notre responsabilité [les citoyens la Republique Democratique du Congo],l’ équipe de la “Révolution Congolaise - RC” demande que tous les groupes et les individus de la RDC engagés à contribuer a rendre la RD Congo un pays en paix, stable et prospère, cosidere, sans tenir compte de la difference d’ opinions politiques, appartenance politiques, de religion, de genre, groupe tribal/ethnique, age, appartenance provinciale et régionale, position sociale et économique, etc, de nous unir en nos objectifs partagés et qui sont principalement: une bonne future gouvernance en RDC, basée sur les principles de la démocratie, le respect et la promotion de la Déclaration Universelle des Droits de l' Homme et de notre monde interdépendant.

Par ce que nous comprenons et acceptons le fait que notre monde est incountournablement  interdependent, que certains d'entre nous aime le fait ou pas, nous demandons la Communauté Internationale dans son ensemble et le monde développé en particulier de nous venir en assistence car seul, nous ne pouvons pas positivement changer la face de la RDC que nous croyons avoir des potentiels de contribuer effectivement a rendre notre monde un meilleur endroit.

Par conséquent, nous espérons que la Communauté Internationale considérera aider la DR Congo a donner naissance à une nouvelle génération politique ayant la volonté d’ être guidé vers des gouvernements basés sur les principes de la démocratie, le respect et la promotion des droits de l' homme, en opposition à nos systèmes politiques dictatorial en existance basés sur la crainte du modernisme, des ambitions égoïstes, etc.

Nous vous remercions,

Au nom de la “révolution Congolaise – RC”,

Pacifique Sukisa-Makasi.

DISAPPOINTED NOT ONLY BY DRC ELECTIONS BUT ALSO BY DRC WEAK INSTITUTIONS!

Not only Washington is deeply disappointed by a court decision in the DRC to uphold provisional election results amid transparency issues. We [ members and  supporters of the  CONGOLESE REVOLUTION R.C. http://revolutioncongolaise-rc.blogspot.com/2011/12/la-revolution-congolaise-rc- congolese.html and many other DRC  people and I believe many other people across the Globe who wish for a peaceful, stable and prosperous DR Congo are also deeply disappointed by not only the whole election’s failure and the lack of its results credibility but also our weak institutions.

On behalf of the CONGOLESE REVOLUTION R.C,

Pacifique Sukisa-Makasi