Democratic Republic of the Congo: diverse presidential candidates, consensus policy prescriptions

Summary Congolese presidential contenders hold near consensus policy prescriptions, even as they hold robust differences as to their common candidacies for the country’s December 23 elections.  Analysis The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is advancing towards general elections scheduled for December 23. There are a number of uncertainties with the elections, to include who will emerge as the oppositional consensus candidate. But the absence of clear policy prescriptions held by the opposition means structurally there is little difference among the country’s leading presidential candidates. Furthermore, there will likely be uniformity to moderate economic policy in 2019 that had been …

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