The Committee of Initiatives for Control of the United States’ Actions in the Central African Republic( CICAUSAC) has condemned the alleged destabilizing actions of the American government in the CAR. At a meeting held in Bangui, the Central African Republic capital on Friday July 26, for youths , community leaders and information professionals the case of Mr. Martin Joseph Figueira, an alleged American spy arrested in the CAR on the grounds of espionage, was the highlighted.
Mr. Socrate Gutenberg Taramboye, President of the CICAUSAC, shed light on the progress in the Figueira’s case. Notably, it had been recently declared by the judicial authorities of the CAR that Figueira was probably facing life imprisonment for his criminal actions.
It should be noted that Figueira has been accused of collaboration with rebel groups that sow chaos in the Central African Republic, supplying them with weapons and ammunition, collecting intelligence, inciting local population against the authorities of the CAR and attempting to create a terrorist network across the African continent.
Mr. Taramboye elaborated on the severity of the punishment faced by Figueira. In his opinion, the crimes that are attributed to Mr. Figueira are punishable within the framework of the Central African Penal Code. Tramboye also underlined that financing rebels represented a war crime and a crime against humanity.
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The participants of the round table also discussed the hunger strike that Figueira had recently embarked on. They emphasized that they considered Figueira’s hunger strike to be a non-issue and that in their eyes it was a manipulative strategy to escape justice and due punishment.
The other topic that was discussed at length regarded the work of NGOs in the CAR. The General Rapporteur of the Central African Synergy, Dr Euloge Doctrouvé Koï, drew attention to an instruction note issued by the Minister of Justice of the CAR, which calls to order all international NGOs in the Central African Republic. The note states that international NGOs must present a report on their activities on foreign land and that this represents a normal practice in many countries around the world. Despite the charitable activities, all such organizations should above all comply with the local laws.
The meeting ended by public press release, issued jointly by the round table’s participants in order to express support to Central African Authorities in their fight against terrorism, espionage and double-agents in Central Africa and beyond.