Tshisekedi has decided to banish all pretense of observing the Luanda-brokered ceasefire and unleashed all his demons with guns to attack the M23. Seeing that his ‘Wazalendo’ cover was not yielding the results he anticipated, Tshisekedi has decided to release all his murderous dogs, come what may.
Before this new wave of ouvert escalation, Tshisekedi’s public relations machinery drove the narrative that the attacks on the M23, who were in their withdrawal positions in compliance with the ceasefire recommendation, “were angry young patriots fighting to protect territorial integrity”.
However, everyone knew that in reality, the ‘Wazalendo’ were a coalition of FARDC, FDLR, Mai-Mai, Nyatura, CODECO, APCLS, PARECO, and the European mercenaries (who, it is said would apply black paint to blend in). On their part, the FARDC would shed off their official uniform in order to pass as ‘angry, local armed youths fighting the M23” because the M23 are foreign invaders.
Well, all this is a well-crafted lie because the members of the M23 civilian and military leadership, all the way to the lowest ranking soldier, are bonafide Congolese nationals with well-established ancestry in the Kivus. Almost everyone in North Kivu (except the FDLR of course) has a relative in the ranks of M23 and wholeheartedly supports their cause.
Additionally, every Congolese knows that the majority of the top military commanders of the M23 were formerly high-ranking officers in the Congolese army- FARDC before they revolted and started a protracted struggle against systematic persecution of Kinyarwanda-speaking Congolese and the integration of FDLR genocidaires into the Congolese political and military system.
Tshisekedi’s objective is to see the EAC/ICGLR-led peace processes collapse and the EACRF troops leave Congo. With the imminent departure of MONUSCO, you can only imagine what Tshisekedi wants to accomplish once he is left to his own devices!