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Perezida Félix Tshisekedi yahagaritse amasezerano n’abahuza (lobbyists) bashyigikiraga RDC na Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika
Tariki ya 7 Mata 2025, umuvugizi wa Perezida wa Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo (RDC), Tina Salama, yatangaje ko Perezida Félix Tshisekedi yafashe icyemezo cyo guhagarika amasezerano yari yaragiranye n’abahuza n’abavugizi bo muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika (lobbyists). Iyi gahunda yari igamije gukomeza ubufatanye no gukora ibiganiro hagati ya RDC na Amerika, ariko ikaba yarafashwe nyuma y’aho Leta ya RDC ishyize imbere ibiganiro bitaziguye hagati y’ibihugu byombi.
Amasezerano yari yaragiranye hagati ya RDC n’abahuza, harimo ikigo Earhart Turner LLC, gicuruza serivisi zo guhuza abashoramari n’abayobozi b’ibihugu, kimwe n’ibindi bigo byari bihanzweho nka Scribe Strategies na Ballard Partners. Muri ibyo bigo, Earhart Turner LLC yari ifitanye amasezerano n’umujyanama wa Perezida Tshisekedi mu by’umutekano, Désiré Cashmir Eberande Kolongole, hamwe na Karen Giorno, wahoze ari umujyanama wa Perezida Donald Trump mu matora yo muri 2016. Amasezerano yari afite agaciro ka miliyoni 5 z’Amadolari, agamije guhuza RDC n’inzego zose zikomeye muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, harimo n’inteko ishinga amategeko.
Muri gahunda yo gushyigikira umutekano, RDC yari ikomeje kugirana ubufatanye n’ibigo bitandukanye, ndetse bikaba byarafashaga Leta mu bikorwa byo gusakaza amakuru, gukora ubushakashatsi, ndetse no kuganira n’inzego z’ubutegetsi bwa Amerika. Uyu mubano, ushingiye ku kwifashisha abahuza b’abanyamahanga, wavuzweho ibibazo byinshi kubera ko byabaga bigoye kumenya ko ari koko abahuza ba Perezida Tshisekedi bashinzwe kuganira ku nyungu za Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo.
Kubera ibi bibazo by’ingutu, Perezida Tshisekedi yafashe icyemezo cyo gukuraho akavuyo kose kari mu bikorwa byo guhagararira igihugu mu biganiro n’abahuza. Ikigo cya Ballard Partners cyagenerwaga amafaranga menshi, agera ku bihumbi 100 by’Amadolari buri kwezi, ariko kugeza n’ubu, Amerika yari ihagaritse ubufatanye n’ibigo byari byifashishijwe n’abahuza, ikaba isaba ko ibiganiro hagati y’ibihugu byombi bigomba gukorwa mu buryo butaziguye.
Amakuru yatanzwe na Jeune Afrique avuga ko Leta ya RDC yari ikomeje kuganira na Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, cyane cyane ku birebana n’amasezerano yo gucukuza amabuye y’agaciro. Amerika yerekanye ko ari mu buryo bwo gushyira igitutu ku Rwanda no gushyigikira politiki ya Tshisekedi mu guhangana n’umutwe wa M23 ndetse n’ubushotoranyi bwa Uganda. Perezida Tshisekedi yagaragaje ko ibiganiro n’Amerika mu rwego rw’amabuye y’agaciro ari ingirakamaro mu gutera imbere kw’ubukungu bwa RDC no gufasha kugera ku mutekano mu burasirazuba bwa Congo.
Mu kiganiro n’umujyanama wa Perezida wa Amerika Massad Boulos, Tshisekedi yavuze ko ibintu byose bigomba gukorwa mu buryo butaziguye kandi ko abahuza batagomba kujya mu bikorwa by’ubufatanye bityo ko ibintu byose bizajya bikurikira inzira isanzwe y’ubuyobozi. Boulos, ubwo yahuraga na Tshisekedi, yabonetse asaba ko RDC ikwiye kubahiriza inzira y’itumanaho isanzwe kandi ikirinda ko abandi bantu bajya muri Amerika bavuga ko bahagarariye Perezida wa RDC.
Ubu buhagarike bw’amasezerano bwateje impinduka zikomeye mu mikorere ya dipolomasi ya RDC, bityo bigategura inzira nshya y’ibiganiro bitaziguye hagati ya RDC na Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika.
