Those who defected from the FDLR and returned to Rwanda have revealed the extent of Tshisekedi's plan to attack it
Those who defected from the FDLR and Wazalendo groups, which are collaborating with the Army of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) in the war against M23, say that in the battle instructions they receive, they are told to fight the group or they will continue to occupy Rwanda.
These fighters who escaped from these groups, including the FDLR, which is made up of survivors of the Genocide against the Tutsi, say that the poor living conditions and barbarity in these groups are what made them decide to separate from them and return to their homeland.
They say that the collaboration between the FARDC and these armed groups has reached a high level, to the point that when they were fighting the M23 group, they would be united, and otherwise they would be provided with equipment such as guns and government troops.
Returning to their shared activities in the ongoing war in eastern DRC, Ishimwe Patrick, a former FDLR fighter, said: “We fought in Kishish with the FARDC, we fought in Kibilizi with Mai-Mai, FARDC and FDLR, we went up to Kirundure with FARDC and Mai-Mai.”
The 24-year-old says that during these battles they were also with a white general named Gen Jean Marie who lives in Mugozi.
Tshisekedi’s plan to invade Rwanda
Niyitanga Gervais, 18, who also escaped from these groups working with the FARDC, says that he went to the Democratic Republic of Congo to seek safety but he and others who were with him found themselves captured by armed groups who then took them in.
This young man from Cyanzarwe Sector in Rubavu District, says that when they were captured by these groups, they were immediately taken to military training for two months in Ntiti, and then immediately sent to the battlefield in eastern DRC.
He said, “When we were going to fight, Gen Justin would give us instructions on how to behave on the battlefield, give us ammunition, whether it was a Machine Gun, RPG, or Mortier; and he would take it.”
In this battle, they seemed to be committing suicide, because those who tried to resist or were lazy, were shot, so that they fought in self-defense to save their lives, but that did not prevent the M23 group from defeating them even though they were armed with heavy weapons.
He said that in the instructions they received for this battle, they were told that they had to defeat the M23 group, that it was made up of Rwandans, and that they would continue the fight in Rwanda and conquer it.
He said, “We would go to the battlefield and they would tell us that we would attack Rwanda, and we would end up going to the battlefield and we would meet the FARDC, FDLR, and those Burundians. When we all went to the battlefield, they would mix us up, FARDC, Wazalendo, FDLR, we would all mix us up and fight together.”
This soldier said that the life he lived was miserable, because their leaders used them to commit inhuman acts, which was what made him decide to return home.
He said, “When we were in those forests, it was like walking past a woman with money and taking it from her, or like your General telling you, ‘I saw someone with money’ at night and you go and open the door and take it away, he wanted to scream and shoot him.”
Private Hatangimana Delphin, who left the Wazalendo group, also said that the instructions they received from their superiors were very focused on attacking Rwanda.
He said, “They told us that we must fight for our country Rwanda by fighting the M23, accusing them of being Rwandans and fighting them. After that, they told us that if we meet someone, we must steal what they have so that we can live, get soap and other things.”
All these fighters say that even though they are given powerful weapons, they never defeat the M23 because they only achieve one victory a month.
On different occasions, the President of the DRC, Felix Tshisekedi, has repeatedly stated that he intends to invade Rwanda to overthrow the current government, and this is one of the things that the government of this country assures the FDLR that it will help.
This is at a time when the President of the Republic of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, has promised Rwandans that he will no longer threaten their security, no matter what it is, no matter who is behind it and no matter where it comes from.
This promise has also come true, because in all these three years, not a single threat has threatened Rwanda's security, even though there are those who have these evil plans and have shown the will to implement them.
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