Kinshasa, August 17th, 2026 (CPA).– On Monday, the Attorney General at the Court of Cassation recommended that judicial police officers (OPJ) prosecute those responsible for offences under the Digital Code in the Democratic Republic of Congo, during a ceremony in Kinshasa, the country’s capital. “I would like to draw your full attention to the fact that you must take your duties as judicial police officers to heart, in that you are primarily responsible for investigating, establishing and taking action against all criminal offences. Here, particular attention is drawn to offences under the Digital Code,” has stated Firmin Mvonde, Attorney General at the Court of Cassation.
He has asked the judicial police officers to “take up these cases on their own initiative” and forward the reports to the public prosecutor for summary hearings to be held. “I have issued an instruction asking you to set to work and to take up these cases on your own initiative – and I mean on your own initiative. Do not wait for a complaint to be lodged; this is how you fulfil the duty entrusted to you, which is to investigate. Therefore, you will take up these offences on your own initiative,” he has added.
He also stated that they would work in synergy to put an end to this abuse which, he emphasised, “has not yet been named”. For the Attorney General, freedom is enshrined in the Constitution, not licentiousness, noting that journalistic excesses have no place in the law. “I am therefore counting on you to ensure that this sort of offence comes to an end,” he has insisted, before pledging his support to advance the investigations. “On social media, various troubles mean that, at present, there is a major threat hanging over our country. I am obliged to act swiftly and to give you a wake-up call. You, the judicial police officers, are regarded as the eyes and ears of the Public Prosecutor’s Office and, as such, as the hunting dogs tasked with combating all criminal offences. And here, specifically, we are dealing with offences against the legal provisions contained in the Digital Code,” he has concluded.