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DRC: Trial of former Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo begins
2023-08-22
[AFRICANEWS] The trial of the former Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka Republic of Congo, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material...
, Augustin Matata Ponyo, opened on Monday 21 August 2023 before the country's Constitutional Court.

The former prime minister and opposition politician is accused of embezzlement.

Of the $285 million disbursed by the Treasury as part of a pilot project, the politician is suspected of having embezzled $205 million
Of the $285 million disbursed by the Treasury as part of a pilot project, the politician is suspected of having embezzled $205 million.
Truly the man is an overachiever.
The former governor of the Central Bank, Deogratias Mutombo, and the South African businessman Grobler Christo, manager of the company in charge of the project, are also being prosecuted in this case.

Augustin Matata Ponyo, a presidential candidate in the upcoming elections on December 20, is contesting the legal proceedings, which he describes as a plot to damage his campaign.
Posted by:Fred

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