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Fyi, Not sure if posted before, thought it was interesting and worth a look for those who may have missed it,
“This conviction is only a prelude to what is going to happen in this complex trial, which had its debut in Lubumbashi, Kalemie, and in Kinshasa, before the International Chamber of Commerce made this international arbitration decision,” said Jean-Pierre Okenda, who also asked: “what the Democratic Republic of the Congo wins, that the Congolese win and that the population of Manono, in Tangany Province,” said “that .”
He continued:
“I was in Manono, Manono Province, in February, the situation of local communities is very difficult. The population lives in indescribable poverty.”
Weighing the decision taken by the Congolese authorities to approve the licence of the Australian company AVZ and to reverse its decision some time later, the Senior Analyst and Executive Director of the Ong La Sentinelle des Ressources Naturelles, without a language in his pocket, says:
“The decision taken by the authorities is beneficial only to the elite in power, and not to the Congolese State in general.
In short, decision-makers took the decision extremely outside the interests of the communities ...”.
Without being a prophet of misfortune, Jean-Pierre Okenda, said he anticipated the failure of the Congolese Public Society Cominiere in this matter: ...
I sincerely feel that the Congo (as shareholder of the Cominière) will be a loser.
For there has been politicization in this case; there has been a collision of interest in this file ... “
In this exclusive interview with the Editor of Surveillance.cd, the Senior Analyst and Executive Director of the Natural Resources Sentinel, considers this situation as a waste in terms of income, in terms of impact for the communities, and in terms of the bad reputation of the DRC.
With such a dossier, we reinforce the negative image of the DRC, which does not know how to protect investments.
“Loss in terms of the image of the DRC, in terms of material losses, where is what the Congolese Public Society Cominière will find nearly EUR 40 million to pay, for the Australian company AV? "he wonders."
This expert invites the Congolese elite, which is in power, “to take decisions that give priority to the interests of Congo, the Congolese and the Congolese communities, for the good reputation of the DRC.”
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DRC: Cominière conviction in the case of Manono's Lithium, Jean-Pierre Okenda talks about a logical follow-up of the case
The decision of the International Chamber of Commerce, ICC, to condemn the Congolese Public Society (therefore the Congolese State), to pay EUR 39.1 million to the Société Australia AV- is, from an analytical point of view, “quite logical”, for not having complied with the procedures of justice, says Jean-Pierre Okenda, Analyste Senior and Director of the “La Sentinelle” “La Sentinelle”.“This conviction is only a prelude to what is going to happen in this complex trial, which had its debut in Lubumbashi, Kalemie, and in Kinshasa, before the International Chamber of Commerce made this international arbitration decision,” said Jean-Pierre Okenda, who also asked: “what the Democratic Republic of the Congo wins, that the Congolese win and that the population of Manono, in Tangany Province,” said “that .”
He continued:
“I was in Manono, Manono Province, in February, the situation of local communities is very difficult. The population lives in indescribable poverty.”
Weighing the decision taken by the Congolese authorities to approve the licence of the Australian company AVZ and to reverse its decision some time later, the Senior Analyst and Executive Director of the Ong La Sentinelle des Ressources Naturelles, without a language in his pocket, says:
“The decision taken by the authorities is beneficial only to the elite in power, and not to the Congolese State in general.
In short, decision-makers took the decision extremely outside the interests of the communities ...”.
Without being a prophet of misfortune, Jean-Pierre Okenda, said he anticipated the failure of the Congolese Public Society Cominiere in this matter: ...
I sincerely feel that the Congo (as shareholder of the Cominière) will be a loser.
For there has been politicization in this case; there has been a collision of interest in this file ... “
In this exclusive interview with the Editor of Surveillance.cd, the Senior Analyst and Executive Director of the Natural Resources Sentinel, considers this situation as a waste in terms of income, in terms of impact for the communities, and in terms of the bad reputation of the DRC.
With such a dossier, we reinforce the negative image of the DRC, which does not know how to protect investments.
“Loss in terms of the image of the DRC, in terms of material losses, where is what the Congolese Public Society Cominière will find nearly EUR 40 million to pay, for the Australian company AV? "he wonders."
This expert invites the Congolese elite, which is in power, “to take decisions that give priority to the interests of Congo, the Congolese and the Congolese communities, for the good reputation of the DRC.”
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