Democratic Republic of the Congo: likely disputed election outcome, but undisputed policy preferences
- January 9, 2019
- - 12:32 pm
The independent electoral commission of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is in the final hours of counting ballots from the country’s December 30 presidential election, with provisional results possibly to be released by January 10. Each of Congo’s three main presidential contenders are expressing confidence as to their likelihood of victory. The elections, delayed a week from the original scheduled date of December 23 following a fire at the electoral commission headquarters in Kinshasa, were conducted with varying reports of smoothness and irregularities. What violence and insecurity that have taken place have either been of persistent but isolated …
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