The provincial coordination of civil society asks the Congolese President from North Kivu to strengthen security and surveillance at the Rwandan-Congolese borders.
This structure, through a press release made public on Wednesday January 26, reacts to the attacks since Monday January 24, of presumed M23 in the territory of Rutshuru.
“On the night of January 24 to 25, these ex-M23s attacked FARDC positions at Nyesisi, Ngugo and Kigeri. There, there were listed losses of the FARDC and the population began to move until Thursday morning. We have always said that our borders are porous. And we observe that our FARDC are only playing “defensive” instead of going on the offensive. So they are waiting to be attacked to retaliate,” said the president of the Civil Society of North Kivu John Banyene.
He also asks the FARDC to strengthen their presence along the borders that separate the two countries:
“We are sounding the alarm. Above all, we invite the Head of State who is Supreme Commander and the Chief of the General Staff to come to North Kivu because this is not the first incursion of elements of M23 or even the RDF (Rwandan Forces of defense). They often enter our country as they want because our borders are not really secure.
This is why we are inviting the Head of State to increase the military personnel along the border between Rwanda and the DRC so that we can reassure ourselves that our territorial integrity is truly protected”.
