EU is the result of the presidential election in doubt

After the disputed presidential election in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been declared the leader of the opposition, Félix Tshisekedi officially the winner. The country's constitutional court rejected a lawsuit filed by the defeated candidate Martin Fayulu on Sunday and confirmed the provisional election result. Several States in the Region recognized Tshisekedis electoral success. The EU reiterated its "serious doubts".

Tshisekedi has been elected by a simple majority, the President, announced the President of the constitutional court, Benoit Lwamba Bindu. The action of the second-placed Fayulu the court rejected as "unfounded".

According to the schedule of the election Commission Tshisekedi could be on Tuesday sworn in. The 55-Year-old is the successor of long-time strongman Joseph Kabila. He is the Chairman of the Union for democracy and Social progress (UDPS), the oldest and largest opposition party in the country.

Tshisekedi was from the electoral Commission on 10. January, surprisingly, to the election winner was declared. Accordingly, he received 38,57% of the votes, closely followed by Fayulu with 34.8 percent. The of Kabila's chosen successor, Ex-Minister of the interior Emmanuel ramazani was the photographer Shadary, came, therefore, only 23.8 percent.

Catholic Church expresses doubt

Fayulu, as well as the influential Catholic Church expressed immediately cast doubt on the provisional result. Fayulu said Kabila and Tshisekedi threaded "putsch choice". He called the constitutional court, the cancellation of the provisional election result to enforce.

In the ruling, constitutional court judge Noël Kilomba said, Fayulu had not provided "proof" that the election Commission announced result corresponds to the reality. The demand for a recount of the votes was "preposterous".

Fayulu appealed on Sunday to the international community, Tshisekedi is not, as President, to recognize. He was "the only legitimate President", since he had received 61 percent of the vote.

EU

calls to back An EU spokeswoman said on Sunday that the European Union take the decision of the constitutional court in Kinshasa for the knowledge. They also reaffirmed the Declaration of the African Union (AU) on Thursday that there was "serious doubt" as to the election Commission published results. The EU spokeswoman called on all sides to exercise restraint and to renounce violence.

The AU had called on Thursday to postpone the announcement of the final election result. On Monday, the Confederation of States wanted to send a Delegation under the leadership of the AU President Paul Kagame to Kinshasa. According to the decision of the constitutional court, the trip was postponed but, as an AU spokeswoman said.

back cover received Tshisekedi of the southern African development community (SADC). The 16 States existing organization, congratulated him on Sunday and called for a peaceful transition of power in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Also South African President Cyril Ramaphosa acknowledged Tshisekedis election victory. He called on to respect the decision of the Congolese constitutional court. Immediately prior to the confirmation of the election results by the constitutional court of the country has been made far the Internet. A day after the elections, the access to social networks and the SMS had been blocked to shipping.

International concern about escalation

Because of the dispute over the election result, concerns grew internationally before an escalation in the Congo. The country has experienced since its independence in 1960, yet never a peaceful change of power.

The democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the most unstable countries in Africa. The presidential election should have taken place according to the Constitution, actually, two years ago. Since the since the 2001 ruling President Kabila, however, refused, as planned, after two terms of office, assign, postponed the elections several times. Protests, however, were bloodily suppressed. (Dec/sda)

Created: 20.01.2019, 21:55 PM