Martin Fayulu the provisional results of the presidential elections in the Congo challenge for the Constitutional Court in Kinshasa. Fayulu claims the victory, but according to the election commission (Céni) came the other oppositiekandidaat, Felix Tshisekedi, as the winner of the ballot of 30 december.
The election commission called Félix Tshisekedi from the winner with 38,57% of the vote. Fayulu obtained according to Céni, 34.8 percent, which he noted was an “electoral coup”. That was a complete surprise, because from a poll that the American ‘Congo Research Group’ just before the elections announced, turned out to be that Fayulu almost half of the votes would get. the
Candidate Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary, by outgoing president Joseph Kabila was supported, obtained according to the election commission only 23.8 percent. On the other hand, did the last few days rumors that outgoing president Joseph Kabila an agreement concluded with Tshisekedi, who now as a winner is identified. the
The winner of the presidential elections, it is reasonable to Kabila follow-up of the country, which seventeen years authoritarian, controlled. It would be the first change of power through the ballot box.
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The camp of Fayulu resistance is now against the kiesuitslag. According to them, obtained Fayulu more than 60 percent of the votes, while Tshisekedi remained stuck at 18 percent. Also the Congolese episcopal conference (Cenco) believes that the results of the presidential elections, “not agree” with the data of the Church. On the basis of our own observers is, according to them, Fayulu the winner. the
“We will appeal to the Constitutional Court”, says Eve Bazaiba, a spokesman of Fayulu. “We do not expect that the Court of the election to cancel, but the recounting of the votes.” the
Fayulu itself announced for the hundreds of militants on the partijzetel in Kinshasa that he go to the Court pull. He called the militants on to join him.
