PROHIBITION FOR THE MATATA PONYO TO LEAVE CONGOLESE SOIL

In a press release made public on August 12, 2021, Senator Augustin Matata Ponyo made an update in relation to the situation he is currently going through on the judicial level.

Several times invited by the Attorney General to the Constitutional Court, the former Prime Minister had presented himself, he wrote, on Monday, August 9, to the Public Prosecutor’s Office near the High Court to be heard by the Attorney General.

Indeed, Matata recalls that it was on the orders of his legal counsel that he did not want to answer, during his hearing, questions relating to the Bukanga Lonzo agro-industrial park. This, out of respect for the decision taken by the Senate on June 15, 2021, rejecting the authorization of legal proceedings against it on the Bukanga Lonzo agro-industrial park file.

Victim of poisoning for which his attending physician recommended follow-up outside the country, the senator said he wrote to the President of the Senate on July 26 to request evacuation for appropriate treatment.

In the absence of reaction from Bahati Lukwebo, Matata Ponyo wrote to the President of the Republic on July 30, 2021 for the same request.

« To this end, I was contacted by a Senior Public Service Official to His Excellency the President of the Republic who recommended that I get in touch with the Attorney General in order to finalize the authorization process. release which should take place the same day, « he says.

« Accompanied by my doctor, I went this Monday, August 9, 2021 at 8:00 am to the public prosecutor’s office near the constitutional court ». Called to make a commitment before the prosecutor to return to appear after medical treatment outside the country, Augustin Matata Ponyo says he has reiterated the terms of his previous statements on the « exclusive nature of the authorization of prosecutions ordered by the office. of the Senate, in the sole case of the Zairianization dossier « .

« Despite the intervention of the senior public service official to the Head of State, and the recommendation of my doctor wishing to go and have me examined outside the country, I remain prohibited from leaving the country by the public prosecutor at the constitutional court « , he explains, recalling that being in a state of law, the decisions taken by each institution should be respected at all levels.