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Congo Opposition Parties Reject Plan for Presidential Vote

KINSHASA (Capital Markets in Africa) – Opposition parties in the Democratic Republic of Congo presented a united front to reject plans for elections in December 2018 and insisted that President Joseph Kabila step down before the end of the year. Three large opposition groups issued identical statements on Tuesday denouncing a schedule published Nov. 5 by the Independent Electoral Commission that sets presidential and parliamentary polls for Dec. 23, 2018. The Rassemblement, an opposition coalition, along with…

Congo Plans to Hold Presidential Elections in December 2018

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KINSHSA (Capital Markets in Africa) – The Democratic Republic of Congo will hold delayed presidential elections on December 23, 2018, the electoral commission said, a year later than opponents of President Joseph Kabila have demanded. National and provincial parliamentary polls will take place on the same date, Independent Electoral Commission Rapporteur Jean-Pierre Kalamba told reporters Sunday in the capital, Kinshasa. A series of other votes including senatorial, gubernatorial and mayoral ballots will be held from March 2019 to…

Congo President Says Progress Being Made in Setting Vote Date

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KINSHASA (Capital Markets in Africa) – The Democratic Republic of Congo has made “irreversible” progress in preparing credible and peaceful elections, President Joseph Kabila told the United Nations, without giving a date for the vote whose delay has spurred violent protests. Speaking before the UN General Assembly on Sept. 23, Kabila said that 42 million of an estimated 45 million eligible voters have been registered. An ongoing “series of evaluations of the electoral process” should permit the “forthcoming publication” of…