{"id":1172796,"date":"2022-08-10T11:24:38","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T11:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/10\/congo-arrests-opposition-leader-kabund-politics\/"},"modified":"2022-08-10T11:24:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T11:24:38","slug":"congo-arrests-opposition-leader-kabund-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/10\/congo-arrests-opposition-leader-kabund-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Congo Arrests Opposition Leader Kabund | Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A former right-hand man of Democratic Republic of Congo&#8217;s president and now opposition leader, Jean-Marc Kabund, was arrested on Tuesday, his lawyer said, during controversy over a remark about his onetime boss.<\/p>\n<p>The former vice president of parliament and current lawmaker had a falling out with President Felix Tshisekedi earlier this year, after which he launched his own political party.<\/p>\n<p>He has been under investigation in recent weeks on charges that authorities have not specified.<\/p>\n<p>His lawyers say he is accused of contempt of the head of state after a speech calling him &#8220;a danger&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Kabund&#8217;s lawyer Henriette Bongwalanga said he was arrested on Tuesday after a hearing at the attorney general&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They did not respect the procedure. Today they came after the hearing and (arrested) him despite his (parliamentary) immunity,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>The justice ministry could not be reached for comment and a spokesperson for the government declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p>A police source said Kabund had been taken to Makala Central Prison in Congo&#8217;s capital Kinshasa.<\/p>\n<p>Kabund was a leading figure behind Tshisekedi&#8217;s rise to power and their fallout has highlighted emerging fault-lines in the country&#8217;s leadership. This could spell uncertainty for the future of the ruling Sacred Union coalition as the 2023 presidential election nears, political analysts have said. read more <\/p>\n<p>In a statement about the proceedings last week, Kabund said the investigation against him was proof that Congolese institutions were being exploited to serve political interests.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fighting the Tshisekedi regime is an absolute necessity for me, no matter the price to be paid,&#8221; he wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<h3><strong\/><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"peace_black_text_4\">Source: Reuters<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"clear:both\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"peace_red_text_1\">Disclaimer<\/span>: <span class=\"peace_ash_text_1\">Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of Peacefmonline.com. Peacefmonline.com accepts no responsibility legal or otherwise for their accuracy of . 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