Willy NGOMA
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- Feb 25, 2016
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It happened yesterday in Walikale, before the Military Court.
Congolese soldiers, our own brothers, were sentenced to DEATH. Not because they stole. Not because they killed civilians. But because they fled the war.
They fled because they had no more bullets. They fled because they had been hungry for days. They fled because their commanders had already abandoned them on the front line.
Before the judge, they explained, they cried. But the regime’s justice system did not listen. It ruled: DEATH.
And in the meantime, where are the Governors who fled their provinces?
Where are the Members of Parliament who abandoned the people?
They are in Kinshasa, in hotels, well protected. No one judges them. No one condemns them.
Why the double standard?
Why does the lowly soldier die while the high-ranking commander is protected?
A soldier who is starving, without ammunition, without support—what is he supposed to do? Die for nothing or flee to survive? Fleeing is not treason. It is a cry for survival.
This regime kills Congolese people twice: once through war, a second time through its own courts. It kills some and imprisons others.
Congolese people, let’s open our eyes! Let’s wake up! We can no longer accept dying for the interests of a small group that thinks only of itself.
A soldier with vision does not remain in an unjust system. He finds the courage to leave oppression behind and join those fighting for dignity and a true rebuilding of the Nation.
The people deserve justice, not the gallows.
Congolese soldiers, our own brothers, were sentenced to DEATH. Not because they stole. Not because they killed civilians. But because they fled the war.
They fled because they had no more bullets. They fled because they had been hungry for days. They fled because their commanders had already abandoned them on the front line.
Before the judge, they explained, they cried. But the regime’s justice system did not listen. It ruled: DEATH.
And in the meantime, where are the Governors who fled their provinces?
Where are the Members of Parliament who abandoned the people?
They are in Kinshasa, in hotels, well protected. No one judges them. No one condemns them.
Why the double standard?
Why does the lowly soldier die while the high-ranking commander is protected?
A soldier who is starving, without ammunition, without support—what is he supposed to do? Die for nothing or flee to survive? Fleeing is not treason. It is a cry for survival.
This regime kills Congolese people twice: once through war, a second time through its own courts. It kills some and imprisons others.
Congolese people, let’s open our eyes! Let’s wake up! We can no longer accept dying for the interests of a small group that thinks only of itself.
A soldier with vision does not remain in an unjust system. He finds the courage to leave oppression behind and join those fighting for dignity and a true rebuilding of the Nation.
The people deserve justice, not the gallows.
