Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika zashyize ibihano ku mutwe wa PARECO kubera uruhare mu ntambara yo muri Congo

Ofisi y’Amerika ishinzwe kugenzura no gushyira mu bikorwa ibihano by’ubukungu (OFAC – Office of Foreign Assets Control) yatangaje ko yashyize ku rutonde rw’abafungiwe imitungo (Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List – SDN List) umutwe witwa PARECO (Patriotes Résistants Congolais) ndetse n’abayobozi bawo, kubera uruhare bagize mu bikorwa by’urugomo n’intambara imaze igihe muri Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo.

Ibi bihano bivuze ko nta muntu cyangwa ikigo cyemerewe gukora ubucuruzi, guhererekanya amafaranga, gutanga ibicuruzwa cyangwa serivisi kuri PARECO cyangwa abayobozi bawo, kandi ntibemerewe no kwakira inkunga cyangwa ibicuruzwa biva kuri bo. Ibyo bihanitse bikubiyemo ibikorwa byose bishobora kugirira inyungu uwo mutwe cyangwa abayobozi bawo, haba mu buryo bw’amafaranga, ibikoresho, cyangwa izindi serivisi.

Amateka ya PARECO

PARECO yashinzwe mu mwaka wa 2007 mu Burasirazuba bwa Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo, ahanini mu Ntara ya Kivu y’Amajyaruguru. Ni umutwe wavutse uhuza imitwe ya Mai-Mai yitwazaga intwaro yagiye ihangana n’inyeshyamba za CNDP (Congrès National pour la Défense du Peuple) za Laurent Nkunda.

Icyo gihe, PARECO yari yifashisha ingingo yo “kurinda abaturage ba Kivu” nk’icyo yitwazaga, ariko mu bikorwa byayo, yaranzwe no kwinjiza abana bato mu gisirikare, gufata bugwate abaturage, gusahura no gusenya ibikorwa remezo.

Mu myaka yakurikiyeho, PARECO yaje gucikamo amatsinda atandukanye, rimwe ryinjira mu gisirikare cya Leta ya Congo (FARDC) mu bikorwa byo kwimakaza amahoro, andi akomeza ibikorwa by’intambara mu mashyamba ya Kivu. Nubwo yabaye nk’iyacitse intege mu myaka ya 2010, raporo za Loni zagaragaje ko ibice bimwe bya PARECO byongeye kwigaragaza mu bikorwa byo guhungabanya umutekano mu bice bya Walikale, Lubero na Rutshuru.

Impamvu za byo

OFAC isobanura ko iyi myanzuro ifashwe kubera ibimenyetso bigaragaza ko PARECO ikomeje kugira uruhare mu bikorwa bihungabanya umutekano, harimo kurwanya ingabo za Leta ya Congo, kugaba ibitero ku baturage b’inzirakarengane, no kwinjiza mu gisirikare abana bato mu buryo bunyuranyije n’amategeko mpuzamahanga.

Kugeza ubu, intambara yo mu Burasirazuba bwa Congo ikomeje gukaza umurego, ihuza imitwe yitwaje intwaro irimo na M23/AFC, Mai-Mai, n’indi myinshi, mu gihe abaturage basaga miliyoni eshatu bamaze guhunga ingo zabo.

Intego y’ibihano

OFAC ikomeza ivuga ko intego y’ibihano atari uguhana gusa, ahubwo ari uguhindura imyitwarire y’ababigizemo uruhare. Kuba ku rutonde rwa SDN bishobora gukurwaho mu gihe umuntu cyangwa ikigo cyerekanye impinduka zifatika mu bikorwa byacyo, ndetse kikuzuza ibisabwa n’amategeko.

Uko wakura izina ku rutonde

Abantu cyangwa ibigo bishyizwe ku rutonde rwa OFAC bafite uburenganzira bwo gusaba gukurwaho. Ibyo bikorwa binyuze mu gusaba bisesuye (petition) ishyikirizwa OFAC hakurikijwe amabwiriza asanzwe azwi nka Filing a Petition for Removal from an OFAC List. Aha, usaba asobanura impamvu yumva ibihano bikwiye guhagarikwa cyangwa kugabanywa, ndetse agatanga ibimenyetso bishyigikira ibyo asaba.

Ubutumwa bwa OFAC

Mu itangazo ryayo, OFAC yagize iti:

“Guhagarika ibikorwa by’imiryango cyangwa imitwe yitwaje intwaro igira uruhare mu guhungabanya amahoro ni intambwe ikomeye yo guharanira ko abaturage ba Congo babaho mu mutekano. Twifuza kubona impinduka zifatika, aho imitwe nka PARECO ihagarika ibikorwa byayo by’ubugome, igasubiza abaturage amahoro n’umutekano.”

Ingaruka ku mutwe wa PARECO

Gushyirwa ku rutonde rwa OFAC bisobanuye ko umutungo wose wa PARECO uherereye muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika cyangwa ugenzurwa n’inzego zaho ufatirwa ako kanya, kandi abikorera bose b’Abanyamerika barabuzwa gukorana n’uwo mutwe. Nanone, ibindi bihugu bifitanye amasezerano y’ubufatanye na Amerika mu bijyanye no gushyira mu bikorwa ibihano bishobora gufatira imitwe n’abantu bari kuri urwo rutonde.