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The Belgian Prime Minister, Sophie Helmes and the Mayor of Ixelles, Christos Dulkeridis.

On the occasion of the inauguration of a stele at the town hall of Ixelles, not far from the Matongé district, Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès delivered speech this morning in which like the sovereign, calls for a better understanding of the past and this will go through the parliamentary commission "truth and reconciliation". 

For Sophie Wilmès, "in 2020, we must be able to look at this shared past with lucidity and discernment. A past also marked by inequality and violence towards the Congolese. As for other European countries, the "The time has come for Belgium to embark on a journey of research, of truth and of memory. All work of truth and of memory requires first of all the recognition of suffering. Recognize the suffering of the other." The Prime Minister calls for a debate "deep and contradictory, involving the various Belgian components and our Congolese partners, a debate conducted without taboos, with sincerity and serenity."

Cassien Tribunal Aungane, Editor