In his letter, the PGR specifies that Thambwe Mwamba is suited for diversion of the public monies. The former number one of the Upper House of the Parliament withdrew, during last January, when he was still in the businesses, three cheques of a respective value of 2 million euros, of US million dollars and of a million FC.
The court would like to obtain from Modeste Bahati that the accused introduces his version of the facts. For recall, January 6, Alexis T Mwamba drew, on behalf of the Senate, three cheques of a respective importation of 2,000,000 of euros, 1,000,000 of American dollars and 1,000,000 of FC. The Treasurer of the Senate, having withdrawn these sums at the Commercial Bank of Congo, submitted the sums in question to the financial adviser of the Questeur of the Senate. The aforementioned adviser went to give them to the President of the Senate, Alexis T Mwamba to his residence. From where the opening of the file against him-facts constituting the infringement of diversion of the public monies
In its time, the office of the Senate under the presidency of Thambwe Mwamba had rejected the indictment of the Prosecutor. In a correspondence February 2, the office of the Senate had opposed a sovereign refusal to the request addressed to him.
"The office of the senate estimates that there is not matter to authorize the requested instruction, the denounced facts not analyzing itself in infringement as praised ", will affirm the office of the Upper House. And to specify that this significant amount of money had spent the night in the house of Thambwe Mwamba because having been withdrawn very late, but also because of the climate of insecurity observed at the People Palace on last 6 January, after the forfeiture of the office of the National Assembly on December 10, 2020.
According to this correspondence, these funds were recovered the following day, that is to say on January 7, by the treasurer who conveyed them at once to the treasury of the Senate.
Corneille Kinsala Nsoki
(CKS/Yes)