"We are there because that an innocent man was condemned without proof, this 80 years old man lost 15 kg in the two weeks, he hardly walks with a stick, he has unbearable pains and his health is alarming", declared his lawyer Jacqueline Laffont of French origin.
According to his attending practitionar and as well as that of the prison of Makala, the medical bulletin proves that the state of the accused Samih Jamal goes from evil to the worse.
For the collective of his lawyers, it is obvious that he cannot receive suitable care to the Penitentiary Center and rehabilitation of Kinshasa/Makala (CPRK). They plead so that Samih Jamal is placed in hospital stay and not retained into prison where his life is in danger, because the law of the country provides that each human being has the right to be taken care under the terms of the basic rights, as it is the case for their customer who must profit from all his prerogatives.
All the promises made for his medical care of their customer apart from the central prison of Makala remained vain. To believe these lawyers, the treatment inflicted to Jamal is inconceivable since his co-defendant Vital Kamerhe obtained the authorization for some time to be placed, in a health center for suitable care.
Lawyers of French nationality came to reinforce their congolese fellow-members in the defense of the Lebanese businessman. However, they cannot plead in favour of Samih Jamal for reciprocity reasons between French and Congolese justice. Reason for which, they regained Paris with as objective continuing the file in intelligence with their congolese fellow-members. For recall, Samih Jamal was condemned to 20 years of penal constraint on June 20 of the current year for facts of corruption in the business of the prefabricated houses in the 100 days lawsuit.
Corneille Kinsala N’soki
(CKS/Yes)