Dans le Washington Post, Sara Hellmüller revient sur les résultats déroutants des élections congolaises.
Extrait :
« On Dec. 30, 2018, the Congolese people cast their votes to choose the successor to President Joseph Kabila, who has been in power since 2001. If successful, these elections would be the first democratic transition of power since the country gained independence from the Belgian government in 1960. In the early morning of Jan. 9, Congo’s Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) declared the winner to be Felix Tshisekedi, leader of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS). This outcome surprised many. In particular, the Catholic Church’s National Episcopal Conference (CENCO), which had deployed 40,000 election observers, said that the result did not correspond to the data they had gathered. CENCO’s data predicted Martin Fayulu, leader of the opposition Lamuka coalition, to be the winner. Here’s the background you need to understand what’s going on. »
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