 It should be made clear also that Joseph Kabila does not trust the military ; the Republican Guard is the only component he trusts . Major General John Numbi , former Air Force chief , now inspector general of police , ran a parallel chain of command in the east to direct the 2009 Eastern Congo offensive , Operation <unk> <unk> ; the regular chain of command was by @-@ passed . Previously Numbi negotiated the agreement to carry out the mixage process with Laurent Nkunda . Commenting on a proposed vote of no confidence in the Minister of Defence in September 2012 , <unk> Amba <unk> of <unk> described <unk> as a ' scapegoat ' . <unk> said that all key military and security questions were handled in total secrecy by the President and other civil and military personalities trusted by him , such as John Numbi , Gabriel Amisi Kumba ( ' Tango Four ' ) , Delphin <unk> , and others such as <unk> <unk> and Pierre <unk> <unk> . 
