In the parliamentary arena of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the fate of institutions and their credibility often hangs in the balance, the intervention of Honorable Christian Mwando resounded like thunder in a sky already darkened by political maneuvering.
In the hasty and clumsy attempt to unseat Vital Kamerhe from the presidency of the National Assembly, grave irregularities were committed, exposing the flaws of a process marred by improvisation and blatant partiality.
Refusing to remain silent, Christian Mwando—with sharp insight and undeniable legal rigor—chose to confront his peers, reminding the deputies not only of their responsibilities but also of the inescapable judgment of History.
“I rise on a point of order,” he declared firmly, “to request that it be recorded in the annals of this chamber that the rules of the game have changed.”
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The solemnity of this statement, delivered in a heavy silence, underscored the gravity of the moment. The commission established to examine the petition against Vital Kamerhe was chaired by Honorable Peter Kazadi, a former Minister of the Interior and now a majority deputy—within which paradoxically sat some of the very petitioners. In other words, the accusers found themselves judging their own case, blatantly violating one of the cardinal principles of justice: no one can be both judge and party.
Mwando went further, exposing another anomaly of equal gravity: “Let us record that in the DRC, one may now proceed with a case tainted by forgery and falsification of documents. Yet everyone knows that forgery corrupts everything. When falsification exists in a procedure, it must be dismissed. And yet here we are, forced to accept the unacceptable and normalize illegality.”
His incisive words pierced the chamber like a blade, under the impassive gaze of constitutional law professor André Mbata, of commission president Peter Kazadi, and of a stunned plenary—caught between shame and disbelief.
The world, watching this troubling spectacle, could measure how dangerously the Congolese National Assembly is drifting, where arbitrariness and manipulation prevail over law and justice.
Ultimately, through this motion of order, Honorable Christian Mwando did not merely denounce procedural irregularities. He reminded his colleagues that they do not sit in parliament solely for their careers or political parties, but for History—an unrelenting witness that will record both their cowardice and their courage.
In the midst of turmoil, his voice became that of a conscience, calling on deputies not to turn institutions into tools of political vendettas but to uphold them as sanctuaries of legality and truth.
