Mickyb64
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The ICC can't make any binding or enforceable decisions on the government of the DRC. All we can hope for is that the corrupt sections of the government are forced by public and international pressure to implement the decision. The IGF is a government body that reports to the President. If the government chooses to ignore the IGF there's not much we can do. We have a government in Victoria that continually ignores public & investigative bodies. If it can happen here, it can very easily happen in DRC.Educate me here.
What's the point of going to the ICC if they can't enforce rulings??
Is it just to add weight to pollies and bureaucrats decisions??
I mean hypothetically IGF, ICC, the ministerial decree for awarding of ML all in AVZ's favour. Surely the balance of opinion and more importantly the law are all in AVZ's favour.
If the mining license is still not awarded after all this then surely this puts investment in the DRC at risk? As it shows the DRC is still ruled by corruption.
Investment from Japan, USA, Australia, Europe all gone. Is this not why twiggy was meeting with Felix? Investment in the DRC. Has not Felix been reviewing all exploitation licenses ?
Working and meeting with USA gov officials, changing the cabinet. I'd say this is all to change the systematic corruption, promote investment and drag the DRC out of poverty. (And moving away from the reliance of Chinese money)
No doubt it's a shit show, as is Africa in general. Blood diamonds, tribal conflict, scarce food and water resources, extreme poverty, corruption from the very top to the corrupt cop on the street corner.
I mean lithium could do to Africa what oil did to the middle east. Or am I completely wrong/naive and AVZ and the DRC are completely fucked, forever indebted, forever bound to corruption and poverty?
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