Congo's justice minister resigns following allegations of embezzling $19 million

Congo’s Minister of Justice has announced resigned pursuing an probe into the alleged embezzlement of $19 million

KINSHASA, Congo -- KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo 's Minister of Justice Constant Mutamba announced his resignation connected Wednesday pursuing an probe into the alleged embezzlement of $19 million, according to a connection released by the erstwhile minister.

Mutamba has been nether probe for allegedly embezzling funds intended to concern the operation of a situation successful Kisangani, a metropolis successful the northbound of the country.

In his statement, Mutamba, 37, claimed the ineligible actions against him were a crippled by the Rwandan government.

“After escaping respective attempts astatine poisoning and carnal elimination, the mafia networks, including those infiltrated successful the work of our enemies, succeeded successful humiliating maine due to the fact that of my commitment,” helium said.

Earlier this twelvemonth Mutamba advocated for the usage of the decease punishment for journalists who covered the actions of Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in the east, saying connected the societal media level X that anyone who reports connected “the activities of the Rwandan service and its M23 auxiliaries, volition present endure the afloat unit of the law.”

Appointed successful 2024, Mutamba was a statesmanlike campaigner successful 2023 and has antecedently positioned himself arsenic an anti corruption fig successful a state whose improvement has been stifled by chronic corruption with its colonisation of much than 100 cardinal radical struggling with precocious poorness and hunger levels contempt its affluent minerals.

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