Elections in DRC: Cenco and ECC officials meet with CENI president

On Saturday 30 December, officials of the Election Observation Mission of the Catholic (CENCO) and Protestant (ECC) Churches met with the President of the Electoral Commission, Denis Kadima.

Officials from the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) count votes at a polling station at Imara College in Lubumbashi on December 21, 2023. AFP - PATRICK MEINHARDT

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With our special correspondents in Kinshasa, Paulina Zidi and Boris Vichith

In the DRC, the big announcement is for tomorrow, Sunday. The country will know the name of its next president for the next 5 years. Last week, the Congolese were called to the polls to elect general elections: the presidential, but also legislative, provincial and municipal by-elections. On Sunday, it will only be the overall provisional results for the supreme magistracy that will be announced by the CENI of the Bosolo Center. On Saturday, officials from the election observation mission of the Catholic Church, Cenco, and the Protestant Church, ECC, met with the president of the Electoral Commission, Denis Kadima. They published a preliminary report two days ago and came to discuss their recommendations, Denis Kadima, the president of the Electoral Commission, said after the meeting.

They have come in the consultations that we have from time to time to give us their comments and to get answers from us. That was basically what they said at their press conference and what is said in their statement, we didn't talk about everything, otherwise it was going to take us a long time. We didn't talk about the participation rate, but we talked about the irregularities and we all also recognized that these irregularities were localized, it was not on a large scale, but as far as the conclusion is concerned, they have the Cenco and the ECC SCC and the Céni. We came to the same conclusion with respect to the result.

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President of the CENI: "We also all recognized that these irregularities were localized, it was not on a large scale"

Paulina ZidiBoris Vichith

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