{"id":1090,"date":"2018-05-30T01:05:13","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T01:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/congokin.media\/?p=1090"},"modified":"2018-05-30T01:05:13","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T01:05:13","slug":"liberez-bemba-la-rdc-a-besoin-de-lui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/congokin.blog\/?p=1090","title":{"rendered":"\u00ab\u00a0Lib\u00e9rez Bemba, la RDC a besoin de lui\u00a0\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"post_title\">\u00ab\u00a0Lib\u00e9rez Bemba, la RDC a besoin de lui\u00a0\u00bb<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"post_details clearfix\">\n<li class=\"detail category\">29 mai 2018<\/li>\n<li class=\"detail author\">Hubert Leclercq<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"post_image page_margin_top margin_bottom_0 prettyPhoto\" title=\"\u00ab\u00a0Lib\u00e9rez Bemba, la RDC a besoin de lui\u00a0\u00bb\" href=\"https:\/\/afrique.lalibre.be\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jpb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-small-slider-thumb size-small-slider-thumb wp-post-image\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/afrique.lalibre.be\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jpb.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/afrique.lalibre.be\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jpb.jpg 614w, https:\/\/afrique.lalibre.be\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jpb-524x321.jpg 524w\" alt=\"\u00ab\u00a0Lib\u00e9rez Bemba, la RDC a besoin de lui\u00a0\u00bb\" width=\"614\" height=\"376\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"post_content page_margin_top_section clearfix\">\n<div class=\"content_box full_width\">\n<p>Le 8 juin prochain, dans dix jours, la Cour p\u00e9nale internationale (CPI) doit se replonger dans le dossier de Jean-Pierre Bemba. L\u2019homme politque congolais, leader du Mouvement de Lib\u00e9ration du Congo, peut-il esp\u00e9rer sortir des ge\u00f4les de la CPI \u00e0 La Haye, c\u2019est en tout cas le voeu d\u2019Herman Cohen, un octog\u00e9naire bon pied, bon oeil, qui est certainement un des diplomates am\u00e9ricains qui a pass\u00e9 le plus de temps non seulement en RDC mais aussi dans toute l\u2019Afrique centrale.<\/p>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<p>A tel point que l\u2019ancien diplomate, qui fut aussi sous-Secr\u00e9taire d\u2019Etat aux Affaires africaines, n\u2019a pas h\u00e9sit\u00e9 \u00e0 \u00e9crire au bureau du procureur de la CPI pour expliquer, dans le climat qui r\u00e8gne actuellement en RDC, les raisons de son engagement en faveur de la lib\u00e9ration de Jean-Pierre Bemba.<\/p>\n<p>Pour Herman Cohen, Bemba devait \u00eatre condamn\u00e9 pour les faits qui sont reproch\u00e9s \u00e0 ses hommes, lors de leur intervention en R\u00e9publique de Centrafrique, Mais aujourd\u2019hui, apr\u00e8s 10 ans de d\u00e9tention et alors qu\u2019il a \u00e9t\u00e9 condamn\u00e9 \u00e0 18 ans de prison pour crime de guerre et crime contre l\u2019humanit\u00e9, et \u00e0 un an dans un dossier de subordination de t\u00e9moins, Bemba devrait \u00eatre lib\u00e9r\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019occasion de son proc\u00e8s en appel le 8 juin 2018. Une lib\u00e9ration qui devrait permettre \u00e0 Jean-Pierre Bemba de jouer un r\u00f4le politique dans son pays \u00ab\u00a0dans une p\u00e9riode de crise politique intense\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>Herman Cohen rappelle que Jean-Pierre Bemba a \u00e9t\u00e9 condamn\u00e9 pour les atrocit\u00e9s perp\u00e9tr\u00e9es par ses troupes du MLC en R\u00e9publique de Centrafrique, mais rappelle dans la foul\u00e9e qu\u2019il n\u2019a jamais \u00e9t\u00e9 prouv\u00e9 qu\u2019il \u00e9tait personnellement impliqu\u00e9 dans ces atrocit\u00e9s, ni m\u00eame qu\u2019il commandait ses troupes qui commettaient ces atrocit\u00e9s.\u00a0 Cohen parle de n\u00e9gligence dans le chef de Bemba et insiste sur le fait que les dix ans d\u00e9j\u00e0 pass\u00e9es derri\u00e8re les barreaux sont \u00e0 ses yeux suffisants.<\/p>\n<p><strong>La CPI enqu\u00eate-t-elle sur la mort des experts des Nations Unies ?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Et le diplomate, qui n\u2019a rien perdu de son approche toute\u2026 diplomatique, en profite pour rappeler que les actuelles autorit\u00e9s congolaises commettent elles aussi des atrocit\u00e9s et feint de demander \u00e0 la CPI si elle enqu\u00eate, notamment, sur la mort des deux experts des Nations unies abattus dans le Kasa\u00ef en 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Pour lui, Jean-Pierre Bemba, leader politique du nord-ouest de la RDC a un r\u00f4le \u00e9vident \u00e0 jouer dans cette p\u00e9riode pr\u00e9\u00e9lectorale avec un gouvernement en place qui entend tout faire pour \u00ab\u00a0pourrir\u00a0\u00bb les \u00e9lections.<\/p>\n<p>Il termine sa courte lettre en priant la cour de bien vouloir prendre en compte ses arguments et d\u2019accepter que Jean-Pierre Bemba est demeur\u00e9 suffisamment longtemps derri\u00e8re les barreaux.<\/p>\n<p>Le retour du dossier Bemba au devant de la sc\u00e8ne \u00e0 moins de six mois de la tenue des \u00e9lections en RDC, toujours annonc\u00e9es pour le 23 d\u00e9cembre, rebattrait \u00e9videmment les cartes. L\u2019homme n\u2019a rien perdu de son aura dans l\u2019ouest du pays et m\u00eame si sa condamnation doit l\u2019emp\u00eacher de se pr\u00e9senter \u00e0 la magistrature supr\u00eame, sa seule lib\u00e9ration en ferait une pi\u00e8ce ma\u00eetresse sur l\u2019\u00e9chiquier politique.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cohen <\/strong><strong>and <\/strong><strong>Woods International<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1100 <\/strong><strong>Om.necticut <\/strong><strong>Avenue NW, soiie 600, Washi.ngfDn,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>0020006USA Voice: +1-002-390-4466<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>E-Mail: <\/strong><strong><u>ooheoaudwoods@gmail.oom<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>Herman <em>l. <\/em>Cohen, US Ambassador (1&rsquo;8bl.&rsquo;ed) P.reddent<\/h1>\n<p><strong>George R Denison, Senior Vi\u00a0\u00a0 PI-esident for Congressional Relations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>May 25, 2018<\/p>\n<p>International Criminal Court Office of the Prosecutor<\/p>\n<p>The Hague, Netherlands Dear Sir,<\/p>\n<p>RE: Case of <strong>Jean-Pierre Bemba<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am writing as a retired American diplomat who specialized in US\u00ad African relations. During my career, I spent considerable time working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. During that period, I became acquainted with a number of senior Congolese political leaders, including Jean-Pierre Bemba.<\/p>\n<p>I believe that Mr. Bemba&rsquo;s prosecution for crimes committed in the Central African Republic was legitimate, and that the guilty verdict was correct. Nevertheless, I believe that the result of his appeal of sentence on June 8, 2018 should result in a decision to consider his punishment complete with time already served, and that he should be released to assume his political leadership at this time of crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. His leadership is badly needed at this time of political tension and _regional violence.<\/p>\n<p>I have reviewed the specifics of his case. I note that Mr. Bemba was guilty of negligence in failing to control his troops who engaged in atrocities in the Central African Republic. This is a grave offense. However, there was no vidence that he himself engaged in such atrocities, nor that he directed his troops to engage in such atrocities. I believe that the time he has already served in prison is sufficient\u00a0punishment for his specific crime of negligence while commanding military units in combat.<\/p>\n<p>The current government in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is engaging in atrocity-like behavior. I hope that the Court is investigating, especially the death in 2017 of two UN researchers. The DRC nation is in the midst of a pre-electoral constitutional crisis. Jean\u00ad Pierre Bemba is the recognized political leader of the northwestern region, through his MLC political party. His presence would help the political leadership steer their country through a very difficult period during which the Congolese government is clearly planning to hold a fraudulent election.<\/p>\n<p>I plead with the\u00a0 Court to consider my arguments, and\u00a0 to decide that Mr. Bemba has been sufficiently punished through prison time already served.<\/p>\n<p>Withresp ec t: !<\/p>\n<p><strong>H\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>Q<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"wps-pgfw-pdf-generate-icon__wrapper-frontend\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/congokin.blog?action=genpdf&amp;id=1090\" class=\"pgfw-single-pdf-download-button\" ><img src=\"https:\/\/congokin.blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-generator-for-wp\/admin\/src\/images\/PDF_Tray.svg\" title=\"G\u00e9n\u00e9rer un PDF\" style=\"width:auto; height:45px;\"><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00ab\u00a0Lib\u00e9rez Bemba, la RDC a besoin de lui\u00a0\u00bb 29 mai 2018 Hubert Leclercq Le 8 juin prochain, dans dix jours, la Cour p\u00e9nale internationale (CPI) doit se replonger dans le dossier de Jean-Pierre Bemba. L\u2019homme politque congolais, leader du Mouvement de Lib\u00e9ration du Congo, peut-il esp\u00e9rer sortir des ge\u00f4les de la CPI \u00e0 La Haye, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politique","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/congokin.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/congokin.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/congokin.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/congokin.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/congokin.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/congokin.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1090\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/congokin.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/congokin.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/congokin.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}