By RFIPalled on 19-01-2019Modified on 19-01-2019 at 17:58

In DRC, the Constitutional Court is expected to decide this Saturday, according to the Chief Registrar of the Court. Several heads of state including the presidents of the African Union, subregional organizations such as ICGLR and SADC had asked to suspend the proclamation of the final results of the presidential election, questioning the credibility of the results given by the CENI. A delegation is expected Monday in Kinshasa. But this declaration provoked the ire of the proclaimed victors of the polls of December 30th.

On form and substance, this declaration of African heads of state has been very badly perceived by the ruling coalition that is taking the lion's share of national and provincial legislation, such as the camp of Felix Tshisekedi, the candidate of declared opposition elected by the Electoral Commission.

Both insist that only the Constitutional Court can rule on electoral disputes and that its decisions are irrevocable. Martin Fayulu, the candidate who contests these results, has called on his supporters to calm down while waiting for the delegation of heads of state to come. A visit that is still confirmed by both the African Union and the Congolese government.

But since Saturday morning, security is strengthened around the premises of the Constitutional Court, supporters of Felix Tshisekedi are already around, ready to celebrate a victory they did not seem to doubt.

The Congolese government ensures that judges have a legal obligation to decide this dispute today. The nine judges are expected to comment on two motions: that of Martin Fayulu and his coalition that mainly request the manual recount of the votes of the presidential election, but also that of the candidate Théodore Ngoy Ilunga who demands the cancellation of the presidential election, justifying that the one million voters of Beni, Butembo and Yumbi, who could not vote on December 30, were deprived of their constitutional right to vote.

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