The government wants to make August 2 a non-working day and a paid day nationwide

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Judith Suminwa at Genocost Cemetery

August 2, the day to commemorate the genocide in Congo, will soon be declared a nationwide stoppage of work and payment of wages. This is the information note presented by Human Rights Minister Chantal Chambu Mwavita at the fifth meeting of the Council of Ministers, held on Friday, July 12, 2024.

On this day established by the authorities, the Congolese people pay tribute to all Congolese who have been unjustly killed for economic interests and call for national mobilization against foreign aggression against the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

“For these reasons, and in order that these crimes will not be forgotten by history, by their perpetrators, or by the Congolese people, who will always bear the shame, the Minister of Human Rights proposed to the members of the Security Council that every year on 2 August a work stoppage be declared throughout the country and wages paid; this year, a week of universal prayer will be organized, the minutes show.

Furthermore, she suggested organizing commemorations in the places where the most heinous crimes had occurred (Makobola, Kasika, Goma, Kibati, Kisangani, etc.).

Meanwhile, Human Rights Minister Chantal Chambu Mwavita has returned to the adventures that Genocost had already encountered before its institutionalization.

“The notes related to the Congolese Genocide Day include the background to the creation of FONAREV and the reasons why the President of the Republic created GENOCOST. In fact, in order to keep alive the memory of the Congolese people of the shameful massacres that our country suffered, the Congolese Genocide Remembrance Day (GENOCOST) was established and celebrated every year on August 2. Minutes.

The Fundamental Principles of Protection and Reparation for Victims of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence and Crimes against the Peace and Security of Humanity, established in accordance with the provisions of Law 22/065 of December 26, 2022, were launched for the first time in Kinshasa on Wednesday, August 2, 2023, by President Antoine Tshisekedi of Felix, in commemoration of the Congolese Genocide.

Head of State Félix Tshisekedi pays tribute to all Congolese who have been unjustly killed for economic gain and calls on the country to mobilize against the aggression of foreign powers against the Democratic Republic of the Congo. For Félix Tshisekedi, August 2 is a special day in the collective memory of the nation and the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

According to Congolese authorities, Congolese Genocide Remembrance Day (CENOCOST) is an annual event to pay tribute to all those who died in the long-running conflict in the east or elsewhere. Democratic Republic of the Congo

Clement Muamba