The opposition calls this presidential election a fraud.
According to the Election Commission, F. Tshisekedi won regarding 73% of the votes in the recent presidential elections. of votes.
Businessman and former provincial governor Moise Katumbi came in second with around 18 percent. of votes.
The Constitutional Court of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is likely to confirm the preliminary results on January 10.
Tshisekedi, 60, first came to power in January 2019 following a disputed election that many observers say he actually lost.
Martin Fayulu, who is still vehemently contesting the last election he lost in 2018, also ran for president but only got regarding five percent of the vote.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Denis Mukwege, famous for his work with rape victims, was among 20 other candidates. He got regarding one percent of the vote.
Nine opposition candidates, including Mukwege, Fayulu and Katumbi, signed a declaration on Sunday rejecting what they said were sham elections and calling for a new one.
The same day, Mr. Fayulu told reporters in the capital, Kinshasa, that the results “are a masquerade. This cannot be accepted.”
Tresor Kibangula, a political analyst at the Ebuteli research institute, who spoke to AFP before all preliminary results were announced, said Tshisekedi’s vote count “surpassed all expectations”.
“His dynamic campaign has paid off,” but his results in some regions “raise questions regarding the impact of the observed irregularities,” he said.
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2024-07-14 12:59:42
