By RFIPalled on 11-01-2019Modified on 11-01-2019 at 18:16

The National Episcopal Conference of the Congo (Cenco) on Friday asked the UN to publish the minutes of the controversial 30 December presidential election by the Congolese Electoral Commission (CENI), which has called for international support for the president. elected.

Cenco wants " the Security Council to ask the CENi to publish the minutes to remove doubts and appease the spirits, " said Bishop Marcel Utembi, during a video link with the 15 members of the highest court of ONU. " The results as published do not match the data collected by the Cenco observation mission ," he added.

The opponent Felix Tshisekedi was declared the winner by the Ceni, a result questioned by the West and the Catholic Church, very influential in the country. The latter did not say who won according to his own count, but hinted that it would be another Congolese opponent, Martin Fayulu, who intends to demand Saturday a " recount of votes ."

On the other hand, CENI President Corneille Nangaa urged the Security Council to support the new elected authorities, warning against a cancellation of the vote. "We have an elected president today" and "it is now time for the new authorities to be supported by the international community," he said, hinting that a possible cancellation of the vote would amount to maintaining in power incumbent President Joseph Kabila, who has led the country since 2001.

The Cen has worked under difficult conditions in a permanent protest, with controversies created artificially or not (...) We ask for indulgence, but the bottom line is that the results today are there (...) and it is also time for the new authorities to be supported and supported by the international community

Crow Nangaa

11-01-2019 - By RFI

The representative of the United Nations Mission in Congo (MONUSCO), Leila Zerrougui, wished " calm " by the conclusions of the Constitutional Court, expected " within a week ". " A sense of responsibility must dominate in the coming days, " she pleaded, saying it was necessary to " show (a) collective solidarity " with the transition process in the country.

Several UN Security Council countries have called for " transparency ". " We are expecting from the Ceni and Cenco more data on the count, " said US Deputy Ambassador Jonathan Cohen, as did his Belgian counterpart, whose country is a former colonial power in the DRC.

France and Germany also called for " full transparency ", in the words of German Ambassador Christoph Heusgen. " France is now waiting for the publication of the results of the legislative elections by the CENI as well as the compilation of the minutes for the provincial elections and the detailed results of the presidential elections ," summed up his French counterpart, François Delattre.

On behalf of Russia, Vassily Nebenzia called " the international community to avoid any interpretation and speculation " that would be " violations of the sovereignty of the DRC ". The UN maintains one of its oldest and most expensive peacekeeping missions in the DRC, with some 15,000 peacekeepers.

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