{"id":38290,"date":"2018-08-04T15:43:01","date_gmt":"2018-08-04T13:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/38290-drc-s-bemba-to-return-to-europe-after-filing-presidential-bid.html"},"modified":"2018-08-04T15:43:01","modified_gmt":"2018-08-04T13:43:01","slug":"drc-s-bemba-to-return-to-europe-after-filing-presidential-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/38290-drc-s-bemba-to-return-to-europe-after-filing-presidential-bid.html","title":{"rendered":"DRC's Bemba to return to Europe after filing presidential bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n             Ex-rebel DR Congo leader Jean-Pierre Bemba will head back to Europe after returning to the African country this week to launch his bid for the presidency in December's long-delayed elections, a leader of his party said Saturday.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            The former DRC vice president arrived in the capital Kinshasa on Wednesday after 11 years abroad -- a decade of it behind bars -- and on Thursday officially launched his bid to succeed long-serving President Joseph Kabila.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            Bemba, 55, then arrived in the town of Gemena in his stronghold in the northwest on Saturday.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            \"Senator Bemba is coming back tomorrow (Sunday) to Kinshasa and immediately leaves for Brussels,\" Jacques Djoli, a leader of Bemba's MLC party, told AFP.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            \"His next visit to DRC is scheduled for September to take part in work in the Senate and further electoral activities,\" Djoli added.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            Bemba was acquitted of war-crimes charges in June by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            Now a senator, he had been in Belgium -- the DRC's former colonial power -- since his acquittal.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            Another rival of Kabila, opposition leader Moise Katumbi, is attempting to launch his own bid for the presidential election, ahead of the August 8 cut-off date for candidates to submit their applications.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            Analysts say Bemba's return has introduced even more uncertainty into an already volatile election process.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            The DRC has never known a peaceful transition of power since it gained independence in 1960 -- and some experts fear that the December 23 elections may trigger a bloody conflict.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            Kabila, 47, has been at the helm since 2001, presiding over a vast mineral-rich country with a reputation for corruption, inequality and unrest.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            He was scheduled to stand down at the end of 2016 after his second elected term, technically the last permitted under the constitution.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            Kabila has refused to spell out whether he will seek a new term in the vote.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            On Saturday, a pro-Kabila group said it was making \"final adjustments\" before it chooses its candidate for the December 23 presidential election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-rebel DR Congo leader Jean-Pierre Bemba will head back to Europe after returning to the African country this week to launch his bid for the presidency in December's long-delayed elections, a leader of his party said Saturday. 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