Through two press releases that he published on Wednesday July 22, 2020, the National Deputy Iracan Gratien De Saint-Nicolas, elected from Bunia, condemns in his first press release, the incursion of armed men into the town of JUPACIVI, Ruvinga group, Chiefdom of Mokambo in the territory of Mahagi in Ituri Province, which incursion took place, according to him, on the night of July 19, 2020. In his second press release, this national elected representative who is already standing out in this third legislature of the Third Republic, expressed its concern by the information according to which 220 civilians were massacred in Kipupu in the Itombwe sector in the territory of Mwenga in South Kivu, on the night of July 16 to 17, 2020. In any case, he calls on the Congolese state to take responsibility for securing its population.
Regarding his first correspondence relating to the incursion of armed men in the locality of JUPACIVI, Iracan Gratien De Saint-Nicolas deplores the absence of the police in this area since May 21, 2019 where ” 4 groups have experienced attacks, forced displacement and without sufficient humanitarian assistance until this day when more than 60,000 people remain in permanent danger, “ he regrets. According to this elected representative, the men who committed these crimes were identified to be members of CODECO Militia group by the victims. “These militiamen killed, raped and pillaged the peaceful inhabitants without any help. Yet another attack under the eye of the Provincial Security Committee without any action after the multiple abuses and rape of a hundred people left to their own devices, “said Iracan Gratien of Saint-Nicolas.
He calls on the forces of order to protect the population of these corners if they are prosecuted as accomplices in the damage suffered. “Correspondence to whom it may concern will be intended to denounce these atrocities,” he adds in substance.
In his second press release concerning the massacre of 220 civilians in South Kivu, the spokesman for the Congolese people condemns the persistent insecurity in the entire eastern part of the country, and calls on the Congolese state to shoulder its responsibilities. “It is time to put an end to all these abuses due to the increased activism of armed groups despite the presence of Congolese forces in the region,” concluded Engineer Iracan Gratien De Saint-Nicolas.
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