Patrick Muyaya: “The Victim Has Become the Perpetrator”

Kinshasa – Government spokesman and Minister of Communication Patrick Muyaya has sharply responded to Rwandan officials who dismissed the Democratic Republic of Congo’s campaign for international recognition of the genocides committed in its eastern provinces.

Speaking in an interview and later amplifying his remarks on social media, Muyaya accused Kigali of engaging in denial, provocation, and what he called a “philosophy of permanent glorification of violence.”

Rwanda’s “low-level narrative”

Referring to comments by Rwanda’s Foreign Minister, Olivier Nduhungirehe, who labeled Congo’s démarche “stupid,” Muyaya said such remarks only reveal the depths of cynicism in Kigali’s political class.

“They always go very low. As for us, our narrative will never go that low,” Muyaya declared.

He stressed that the DRC’s pursuit of genocide recognition is not meant to oppose Rwanda’s past suffering but to ensure memory, justice, and accountability for Congolese victims.

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Victim turned perpetrator

Muyaya recalled that Congolese people once stood in solidarity with Rwandans during the 1994 genocide. But, he argued, history has since reversed roles.

“Unfortunately, what we are experiencing today is the victim who has become the perpetrator,” he said.