On this day of June 18, 2024, our eyes turn to Franck Diongo Shamba, national president of the Lumumbiste Progressive Movement (MLP), who from Brussels, paints an alarming picture of the socio-political situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. As the country prepares to celebrate the 64th anniversary of its accession to independence, the words of Franck Diongo resonate with striking gravity.
In a speech full of nostalgia and bitterness, Franck Diongo recalls the hope that accompanied the country’s independence 64 years ago. A hope of prosperity, peace and dignity for all Congolese. However, the reality is very different today. The socio-economic indicators are disastrous, marking a descent into hell that the national president of the MLP attributes largely to the current regime in place.
The images of devastating armed conflicts, particularly in the regions of Ituri and Beni-Butembo, where Congolese lives are cruelly cut short, darken the picture. The advance of Islamism in the east of the country further aggravates an already precarious situation.
Franck Diongo points the finger at a greedy and voracious elite, in stark contrast to the poverty in which the majority of the Congolese population is plunged. The fourth poorest nation in the world can no longer bear the brunt of the injustice, ineptitude and indifference of those who should serve and protect it.
Distress, famine, precariousness are the daily lot of millions of Congolese, an unbearable reality that urgently needs to be changed. Franck Diongo thus highlights the imperative need to reverse the trend, to restore hope and dignity to a battered and forgotten people.
Ultimately, the words of Franck Diongo resonate as a call for collective conscience, action and solidarity to build a better future for the Democratic Republic of Congo and for all its inhabitants, who deserve much more than what is given. present their offer.