As described in the article linked in the thread before:
""We are here so that we can present to you the first conclusions of the investigation that our citizen organization had to carry out on the ground in the province of Tanganyika, province of Haut Katanga, and here in Kinshasa. And this, end of delivering to you the disturbing realities, realities relating to the difficult, not to say Infra-human, socio-economic conditions in which our compatriots in these territories, in particular women and children, are experiencing, but also to tell you that the economic and that are offered in these territories in relation to the deposits that the Congolese state has entrusted to the state or public mining company, that the activities that have been carried out there to date, are not of a nature to reassure, to guarantee the Congolese people any benefit or advantage when these deposits are put back into production, for the simple reason that all the legal operations that have been é carried out in connection with these deposits between the Congolese State, the cominière and various companies whose names we have given here have contributed to the selling off of the assets, the interests of the Congolese people and which is no longer at the current stage" , circumscribed Me Georges Kapiamba."
They are basically saying the people in the area are suffering(not at the hands of AVZ) but generally, and go on to say that too much of Cominiere has been sold, and they only have 5% left, and that this 5% will not guarantee better lives for the locals. They mention that because Cominiere has sold too much now all parties should have to sit back down at the table to re-negotiate and ensure the locals get more benefit et etc
My take on the problems from everything we know thus far:
1/As we know Cominiere have a lot of dirty dogs selfishly feeding from the trough and in turn ripping off the countries citizens, along with companies like Zijin and Dathomir
2/The government have given no reassurances to the locals of exact funds or projects that the states profit will provide for the locals
3/I actually back a bit of whats said, these are desperate ppl living in poverty sitting on billions of dollars on their land and they can't even get told exactly what all the moneys going to do for them. The government need to step in and step up, it's that simple. First thing they should do is say hey ppl in Cominiere along with Zijin and Dathomir ripped you off and we are going to prosecute them and get back to owning 25%, we will then sell 15% for around $150m and some shares or whatever and most of this money will go directly to building these exact resources for the ppl of Manono and the rest will go to the country in general, further to that we will get X amount of $'s through our 10% ownership which will provide such n such for the DRC ppl, and also likely to get divvies through AVZ shares down the track along with $'s from the battery hub, but all up these are the proposals we put forward for bettering Manono and its ppl and you will get to vote on what your priorities are. Thats how a true democracy should work in a country where so many are in hardship.
TBH its fucking sad, and it's corruption, like in the rest of the world that cause the majority in poverty to live that way. I think AVZ should appoint a local on the books to address the locals issues, as in someone who will go in to bat for the ppl of Manono that we pay directly to help the locals and to liase with the government to ensure the money being spent from the government is not stolen etc(maybe even the head of ACAJ to make sure they are appeased as well, we need to play smart here), surely the government would see sincerity in doing this, the only reason they wouldnt be happy is if they are dodgey...or have we appointed someone already, if not we need it asap?
, also higher costs in western countries especially at that depth....we have all the goods here, just need the big bear Felix to reel in these rogues
