KINSHASA: DR Congo‘s President Felix Tshisekedi has gained a second time period in workplace with a landslide victory, in accordance with provisional outcomes introduced Sunday, in a vote opposition leaders have dismissed as a “sham”.
Provisional outcomes from the single-round presidential poll, declared by the nation’s electoral fee Ceni, confirmed that Tshisekedi had gained 73 % of the vote.
Moise Katumbi — a rich businessman, soccer membership proprietor and former provincial governor — was the runner-up with about 18 %.
The Democratic Republic of Congo‘s Constitutional Court docket is predicted to substantiate the provisional outcomes on January 10.
Tshisekedi, 60, first got here to energy in January 2019 after a disputed election that many observers mentioned he had the truth is misplaced.
Martin Fayulu — who says he was robbed of the final presidential election in 2018 — additionally contested this yr’s ballot however ultimately gained about 5 % of the votes.
The 20 remaining candidates, together with Denis Mukwege, who gained a Nobel Peace Prize for his work with feminine victims of wartime sexual violence, had been both beneath, or hovering round, one %.
9 opposition candidates — Mukwege, Fayulu and Katumbi — on Sunday signed a declaration rejecting what they termed a “sham” election and known as for a re-run.
Fayulu, addressing reporters within the capital Kinshasa the identical day, mentioned the outcomes “are a masquerade. This should not be accepted”.
Tresor Kibangula, a political analyst on the Ebuteli analysis institute who spoke to AFP earlier than the complete provisional outcomes had been launched, mentioned Tshisekedi’s vote tally “is manner past all expectations”.
“His dynamic marketing campaign labored” however his scores in some areas “elevate questions in regards to the influence of the irregularities that had been noticed”.
‘Quite a few irregularities’
Some 44 million individuals out of the 100 million inhabitants of the large nation had been registered to vote on December 20 for president, in addition to for nationwide and regional lawmakers and municipal councillors.
Initially scheduled for December 20, voting was formally prolonged by a day to account for issues, and continued for days afterwards in distant areas, in accordance with observers.
One Catholic-Protestant commentary mission mentioned it “documented quite a few instances of irregularities prone to have affected the integrity of the vote”.
About 15 embassies have known as for “restraint” within the poor however mineral-rich nation the place post-election tensions have been widespread.
Authorities say they’ve taken steps to stop unrest, particularly within the mining areas of the southeast which are Katumbi’s stronghold.
In addition they stress that any electoral disputes should be offered to the Constitutional Court docket.
However opposition leaders say they don’t have any confidence within the court docket or Ceni, which they argue is subservient to the federal government.
Provisional outcomes from the single-round presidential poll, declared by the nation’s electoral fee Ceni, confirmed that Tshisekedi had gained 73 % of the vote.
Moise Katumbi — a rich businessman, soccer membership proprietor and former provincial governor — was the runner-up with about 18 %.
The Democratic Republic of Congo‘s Constitutional Court docket is predicted to substantiate the provisional outcomes on January 10.
Tshisekedi, 60, first got here to energy in January 2019 after a disputed election that many observers mentioned he had the truth is misplaced.
Martin Fayulu — who says he was robbed of the final presidential election in 2018 — additionally contested this yr’s ballot however ultimately gained about 5 % of the votes.
The 20 remaining candidates, together with Denis Mukwege, who gained a Nobel Peace Prize for his work with feminine victims of wartime sexual violence, had been both beneath, or hovering round, one %.
9 opposition candidates — Mukwege, Fayulu and Katumbi — on Sunday signed a declaration rejecting what they termed a “sham” election and known as for a re-run.
Fayulu, addressing reporters within the capital Kinshasa the identical day, mentioned the outcomes “are a masquerade. This should not be accepted”.
Tresor Kibangula, a political analyst on the Ebuteli analysis institute who spoke to AFP earlier than the complete provisional outcomes had been launched, mentioned Tshisekedi’s vote tally “is manner past all expectations”.
“His dynamic marketing campaign labored” however his scores in some areas “elevate questions in regards to the influence of the irregularities that had been noticed”.
‘Quite a few irregularities’
Some 44 million individuals out of the 100 million inhabitants of the large nation had been registered to vote on December 20 for president, in addition to for nationwide and regional lawmakers and municipal councillors.
Initially scheduled for December 20, voting was formally prolonged by a day to account for issues, and continued for days afterwards in distant areas, in accordance with observers.
One Catholic-Protestant commentary mission mentioned it “documented quite a few instances of irregularities prone to have affected the integrity of the vote”.
About 15 embassies have known as for “restraint” within the poor however mineral-rich nation the place post-election tensions have been widespread.
Authorities say they’ve taken steps to stop unrest, particularly within the mining areas of the southeast which are Katumbi’s stronghold.
In addition they stress that any electoral disputes should be offered to the Constitutional Court docket.
However opposition leaders say they don’t have any confidence within the court docket or Ceni, which they argue is subservient to the federal government.
