Hi My name is Ambunga Bin Masoya Patrick, I am the president of Merite Consulting & Management based in Surprise, AZ , USA; I am originally from The Democratic Republic of Congo, and I am originally from The Maniema Province in the Eastern Congo but grew up in Kinshasa. I followed the news from Congo on a daily basis, and expressing my deepest concern about the life of Innocents peoples dying in my Country due to an unjustified war. The solution to the problem in Congo is political not military , because using a weapon will also kill innocent people. Etienne Tshisekedy one of the most respected man in our Country's history always said: killing a revolutioner is not killing a revolution. The government need to show humbliness by allowing Mr Nkunda to negotiate with them as he demanded, we need to know what is behind his mind, what he is trying to do and ask him how we can help. Communication is the essential part to bring peace in Congo.Our Government need to invite on the table and discuss together in the round table and draw a conclusion. It is true that in Congo there are some ethnic inequality, and the Tutsi mi nority are amongs those who are not consider as a real Congolese. But, in the reality there is not a real Congolese but we are all Congolese. This is very important for our Government to know that calling Angola, Zimbabwe or Rwanda in the War will not solve the issue, the best Politician must keep his ennemis close to him so he can have control of him. The solution to this problem is to give Knunda what he want and negotiate with UNHCR and Rwanda to get a presidentail pardon to forgive the Hutu Militia men so that the UN can find them a country of settlment far from Rwanda and Congo if they choose not to go back in their country. Dear Media, as a Congolese , I have a passion for my country but yet people are dying day and night. I beg my President Kabila to show a sign of peace one more time, I know he can do it and he is an advocate of peace and equality but his entourage is bad. Our president is great, very patriotic but he need to open a line of comminication as a father can do to his son and allow talk and help. Thanks Patrick Masoya 480-276-8277

My name is Patrick Vavi, I would like to comment on the DRC situation as I just read the article from my congolese brother living in the USA. I want to make a point that during the month of January this year, the DRC government and all rebels groups or armed groups have signed a peace agrrement known as the Amani process. So far the DRC government is willing to negotiate and has never closed the door of negotiation.The Amani process is the ideal platform to solve the problem, if things are not working in the amani platform let us then identify, analyse and solve the issues within the Amani platform. Why on earth mr Nkunda should receive privilege from the government only because he has the capacity to kill many people. Let us be honest I acknowledge that the solution is political in the DRC conflict and the international community should be aware of the fruits of injustice, mr Nkunda has no right to justify his killings, we had election and there is a government. Nkunda and his ally the Rwandan Government have occupied a third of the DRC since 1998 to 2003, they have established big businesses, there was even a time that we were supposed to dial the international code of Rwanda to reach a town in DRC such as Kisangani, Goma, Bukavu, Buta and many more during that period they did not bother to talk about the so called hutu rebels, they did not produce an official report about the threat posed by the rebel hutu. During the transition, a "collabo' by the name of Azarias Ruberwa was vice president in charge of the security, the rwandan movement "RCD" was in charge of defense, the gound chief of army was a member of their movement,please notice, during the whole transition not even a single complaint came from this movement and remember that Nkunda was a general in the army, not even a single complaint about the threat posed by the hutu rebel was made. Only months prior to the election they have started their tricks. My brother, our brothers are dying because some powers through Rwanda are not satisfied with our government. Today many people do not want to recognise it but it is a fact. Talking about the minority group, first of all, I want to stress that the democratic principles that we are proud of today came from the west and I have no problem with it, and in the democratic system, the voice of the majority should be heard and beside we have 450 ethnic group in DRC, we are all a minority group in itself so let us not destroy Congo only because Rwanda is backing a group with weapon. Injustice will never produce sustainable development. Since the first day of our independent history the international community wants to destroy our country but they will not succeed. As you said, mr Etienne Tshisekedi has said to kill a revolutioner is not to kill a revolution I totally agree with these words of wisdom, ennemies of Congo have killed Lumumba, they have killed Okito, they have killed general Mulumba, they have killed our president Mzee Laurent Desire Kabila but the revolution is still there and DRC will be victorius. So the Amani programme is there to resolve the crisis and we should stress on that though today Rwanda through Nkunda seem to have a military advantage on the ground they know how difficult it was for them to rule without the will of the people. There is no victory by imposing yourself with weapon without convincing people about your goodness. All we need is justice and the people of Congo have spoken more than once. The international community should work with the elected government otherwise the raping, killings of Rwanda through Nkunda will never stop. Though Rwanda seems to have the military advantage now I urge my government and my people to resist. Thanks.

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Mr. Vavi, in response to your comments; first I would like to tell you that I was very pleased to read your comment as you have demonstrated your patriotism. We both love our country and no one can let his people die for a wrong cause. In order for us to achieve a sustainable development we will need to change our believes. I am an advocate of Peace like Our President Kabila, the man I always support due to his great personality but one thing I know is that this man did all he could to bring peace in our Country, that is why he is our hero. Since the assassination of his father, he overcame challenges and never rest. Going back to the subject: all army groups in our country signed the Amani peace deal but some disagreed down the road, stating that the governments breach the agreement they have signed. As I have mentioned in my previous note, the rebels group who has joined our army from the Tutsi minority was being persecuted, discriminate by our military. Now to be honest with you I have no doubt that nkunda he is in a violation of the International law for killing civilian and for this nobody can be above the law. The solution to our problem will not come from outsider; it is within ourselves, you, me and others. The rebel Nkunda he is surrounded by an army and leave within the civilian, this makes it difficult for our government to disarm him. What the government needs to do is to be more diplomatic. Why, as we have seen in many countries that choose the military option as a solution to resolve the problem, they never succeed. Let be more diplomatic and open a line of communication to save the lives of civilians who paid the prices. The war will cost lives, money and material, but if the government negotiate with the rebel, it is possible that they amend the peace agreement they signed back in January. Nkunda missed the point here, as this was his best opportunity to be a free man but choose to fight against the government forces, his claim of protecting the Tutsi minority is irrelevant because in one point, he is planning to withdraw our government and in the other point, he is protecting the Tutsi minority. If you read careful what this man he is saying you will notice that there is something in his plan. Why he is asking for direct talk with our the government? Why he is fighting? My friend, the solution is within our hand. If the Hutus in our country are the problem, let find them another country under the UN mandate and let the haye decide their case or demand Rwanda to pardon them and see what else nkunda or kagame will use as an excuse. We people of Congo we are very tired of the unjustified war that killed our brothers and sisters, as this could be a plan to destabilize our country. The time for war or violence is no longer there, we need to find peace with our neighbor and friend in order for us to sleep well and develop. Rwanda and other country have a growing economy today as we are struggling with the War; I remember when I was a little child, Zaire use to be among the powerful nation in the whole continent until 1997 when the AFDL took over. Our country was once a steak for other nation such us Angola who took Kahemba, Rwanda who conquer Kivu, Zimbabwe who support our government. All these nations should be under our knees today but because we are not well organized, we are suffering. Dear Friend, our country does not have any legal representation or diplomatic representation in the world. Our UN ambassador and ambassadors to the develop nation are also to blame. These diplomats has done nothing to show the world what he is going in our nation, they are the one to explain the situation to the UN and tell them what the country need, also interact with investors so they can invest in our country. I was in Matadi when The Angola Troops fought the RCD rebels, after the war they raped, killed and destroy most of our infrastructures, this mean that the one who pay for the war are civilians who has nothing to do with it. I do not want to see another blood in Congo, we need to talk to these rebels and see why the Amani program does not help. We cannot keep saying they signed a peace agreement without knowing why they believe that the agreement was violated. Please remember that Congo is border with nine countries and we are the richest country among all but yet we are still struggling. Once again, I do believe that any rebels in the Congo will be prosecuted by the international criminal justice, but let show our people that we need peace and talk. Why we have so many treaty the world today, because people disagreed and when this happen then we need to amend. Mr. the President Kabila, for the sake of our citizens, please use diplomacy instead of the War. Mr. Nkunda, please stop the killing and surrender to the government. Patrick Masoya President

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