The Argentine Luis Moreno-Ocampo is one of the most reviled men on earth. The feeling of enmity towards him is shared unequally indeed around the world. Especially in Africa where this irascible raging vigilante too often the taste of politicians. And even people who criticize him to address only the weakest. A Kinshasa (DRC) would hang the lot happy. The many supporters of Jean-Pierre Bemba tirelessly seek the hidden link between Joseph Kabila and Ocampo to accuse him of bias. Because the prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal (IPT) seems go after the former vice-president of the DRC political opponent of the current Congolese president. Needless to recall Ocampo was the "instigator" of an international arrest warrant which Bemba languish in jails of ICC in The Hague. Far from being content with this "big catch" in his chart ... fishing, the prosecutor has since deployed a treasure of subterfuge to keep the "fish" in the nets. He opposed the bail of JP Bemba on grounds that it had the financial means and political support enough to evade trial. Even without prejudging the true intentions Congolese of the argument was not without value. If Bemba decided to take refuge in their stronghold province of Ecuador zero would be able to dislodge. Especially as he enjoys the support of a significant fringe of the Congolese population, until the very heart of the capital Kinshasa.
To tighten the net to ensure that never Jean-Pierre Bemba will be released, Luis Moreno-Ocampo has introduced a novelty in international criminal law. Specifically for Bemba. It is nothing less than the principle of direct responsibility . In other words : Ocampo, prosecutor for the "head" must be directly responsible for the actions of his men
... That is to say that Bemba is no longer clear itself of the atrocities committed by his troops in the CAR by referring it had not ordered, or even less that he had participated. Or so it was precisely the defense system favored by his lawyers. In appearance alone, the new principle Ocampo (soon principle Bemba ) offers a makeshift side, so that some will find clear evidence of hard on the old Congolese warlord. Provided it is nonetheless a major setback for Jean-Pierre Bemba. A defeat of the claims of its constituents. His lawyers will now use their inventiveness to client came true this trap concocted by the mind ... vicious prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo!
Who benefits from "the crime ?
The consequences of this "legal readjustment" are far from negligible in the DRC. We can not ignore the fact that Joseph Kabila, the Congolese president, benefits directly from the sidelining of his most serious rival to president. The causal relationship is already established by Bemba supporters. They do not doubt anymore that the "case" is political and see beyond the ICTY prosecutor a machine that court-instrumentalization of the West in favor of his "candidate", Joseph Kabila. The conspiracy theory is easily his bed when people help each other such Ocampo! Kabila has beautiful deny any collusion with the ICTY prosecutor that no one will believe him. For many in the DRC and the Congolese diaspora, the thing is heard, as appearances, alas, are against the Congolese president! The Ivorian
Alassane Ouattara must be done, today , the same thought. The mere fact Ocampo took his case is in sympathy makes it suspect in the eyes of Africans. He knows now that the friendship of the ICTY prosecutor is invading and it is simply embarrassing. With friends like you do not need enemies. For the recent and untimely "outputs" Ocampo about Côte d'Ivoire strangely coincide with the positions of the West! His reported claims to want to continue the Gbagbo camp before the CFI did ruffle the hair of all those who understand little about international justice. To tell the truth, the positions of Ocampo irritate and eventually anger peers lawyers. So that some of them (1) have decided to make a real indictment on the actions of the ICTY prosecutor ( http://news.abidjan.net/h/391078.html ). To say that the positions taken by Mr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo contribute strongly to discredit the penal institution in The Hague. It suggests that selects its "target" politically and in terms of what the West wants. Otherwise, all the impartiality that invites membership in a justice system of Rwanda Paul Kagame would it not preceded by Jean-Pierre Bemba in The Hague? Côte d'Ivoire even Guillaume Soro and Dramane Ouattara, head of the Forces Nouvelles, have not they committed atrocities ... more disastrous human consequences in number and what you can blame Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Ble Goude?
Clearly, the post-election crisis Ivorian TPI does not come out grown in African public opinion. Especially since many of his detractors already on the continent and around the world suspected the impartiality of the causes pursued by the prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo. It will just little for suspicion to turn into certainty. In case "the principle Bemba" and the legal and political mess in Cote d'Ivoire. For Joseph Kabila gains, despite everything, some are. It is different for Alassane Ouattara who seems doomed to suffer a "buddy system" which, having known, he could have done. The Attorney Ocampo African political elites now will challenge its outputs. For good or evil. And TPI with him. Unfortunately.
EMERY UHINDU-GINGALA GINGANJ
This article is available on Africa news: http://afriqueactu.net/23996/afrique/tribunal-penal-internationalpour-qui-roule-le-procureur-ocampo
(1) Read the full indictment by Mr Joseph KadjiAvocat the Bar of Cameroon and around the ICTR and the CPIM Jean de Dieu Momo, Lawyer in Cameroon and around the ICTR, under the following link: http : / / news.abidjan.net/h/391078.html
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