Justice General Assizes: “I cannot implement a report that has not been approved” (Guillaume Ngefa)

Congolese Justice Minister of State Guillaume Ngefa said the final report from the Justice General Assizes held under his predecessor, Constant Mutamba Tungunga, was never approved after being contested and rejected. He said he therefore cannot implement the recommendations in that document. His ministry is instead drawing on recommendations from earlier assizes led by Alexis Thambwe Mwamba. Ngefa said any new assizes should reflect changing circumstances and challenges such as transitional justice, International Criminal Court rulings, and developments in case law.