The Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Félix Tshisekedi Tshilombo has had little peace of mind to enjoy in his second term of office which has been characterized by continuous security instabilities and the solutions his regime have initiated seem to pose even more threat regardless of the outcome.
Admittedly, if Tshisekedi manages to neutralize the AFC/M23 rebel the question which will rise is whether he will be able to meet the demands of the Wazalendo militia group.
The Wazalendo are a local armed group operating in the eastern part of the DR Congo who were not trained and do not obey a formal chain of command, but have since become the Tshisekedi government’s substitutes for the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC).
In principle, in an organized state, the army should never associate with local armed groups in its military operations but should rather contribute to the eradication of those groups operating outside state structures.
Undoubtedly, after the end of the ongoing war, the Wazalendo pose as a danger to the state in case it does not meet their demands.
It is a veritable cancer maintained by Tshisekedi who risks costing the DR Congo dearly while as now that the regime has endowed the Wazalendo with sophisticated weapons, it has legalized their actions, and if tomorrow these groups turn their weapons against the country, it will be veritable unspeakable chaos.
Only the army has the power to restore territorial integrity, starting with us getting rid of hundreds of armed groups that thrive outside state structures.
In short, Tshisekedi government never needed to resort to factual solutions for structural problems and have only put the country at further risk of potential chaos.
