After elections in the Congo : African Union election challenged the result in the Congo

The African Union (AU) has expressed serious doubt as to the outcome of the presidential election in the Congo. At the same time, they called on the authorities in the capital Kinshasa, the official announcement of the final result to suspend. This is evident from the communication from the AU to a special meeting on Thursday evening in Addis Ababa. Congo's government criticized the statement as "scandalous". From abroad the court should be given no commands, said government spokesman Lambert Mende on Friday.

the results of The presidential and parliamentary elections of 30. December 2018, are controversial. The election Commission had declared last week, surprisingly, Félix Tshisekedi the winner of the race to the presidency, instead of the favored opposition candidate, Martin Fayulu. Since then, the charges of electoral fraud in the room.

The AU announced the deployment of a high-ranking Delegation in the Congo. You should search with the parties to the conflict find a way out of the crisis. Mende said the constitutional court will announce this weekend the final results of the election.

Kabila was not allowed to be shown for a further term of office

Last apply was an analysis of previously secret data from the polling stations according to Reports in the international media, the falsification of the results of the presidential election. The choice to have rather won Fayulu, with around 60 percent of the vote, Tshisekedi. This was the only time nearly 20 percent of the votes, reported on Tuesday, the Financial Times, as well as the French international media, RFI and TV5.

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"The analysis points to huge fraud," wrote the "Financial Times", citing the records. This will encourage the critics who suspect that the difference wanted the end of President Joseph Kabila due to an agreement with Tshisekedi.

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After almost 18 years in Power, Kabila was not a further term at the helm of the Central African state to apply. Fayulu has in the meantime appealed before the constitutional court against the result. (dpa)