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National deputies affirmed, Friday, November 8, their commitment to the process leading to the endorsement of a bill on the protection of whistleblowers.
They said this at the close of the International Conference on Whistleblowing in Kinshasa.
« This law is timely and at our level as parliamentarians, we are working on a draft which could receive constitutionalists and jurists so that we can launch this procedure at the level of the National Assembly as soon as possible. », declared the national deputy, Eric Tshikuma.
One of the speakers, Louise Portas, responsible for crime prevention and justice, estimated that this law will help the DRC implement the United Nations convention against corruption.
She maintained that all people who communicate “salient” information regardless of their quality can benefit from physical protection:
“Whether it is journalists, whistleblowers, witnesses, journalists and informants, all these people must be able to benefit from physical protection.”
Panelists and participants at this conference agreed that the protection of whistleblowers will improve the management of public affairs in the DRC.
They supported the establishment of a legal framework to provide the country with a law to ensure the protection of these whistleblowers.
This international conference was attended by international experts and human rights activists as well as national deputies as well as investigative journalists.
