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Congo rejects African Union demand to delay final election result

Congo rejects African Union demand to delay final election result

18th January 2019

By: Reuters

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Democratic Republic of Congo has rejected an African Union (AU) demand to delay the announcement of final results from its disputed presidential election, the government said on Friday.

The final tally for the December 30 election, which was marred by widespread violence and fraud allegations, is to be released once the Constitutional Court has ruled on challenges to the provisional results, including from opposition leader and election runner-up Martin Fayulu. The court's decision is expected later on Friday or Saturday.

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But the AU called after a meeting in Addis Ababa on Thursday for the final results to be postponed, adding to the turmoil in a post-election process meant to bring Congo’s first democratic transfer of power in 59 years of independence.

The AU said in a statement it would dispatch a delegation to Congo to seek "a way out of the post-electoral crisis".

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Congo government spokesperson Lambert Mende said on Friday that while the AU delegation was welcome, the post-electoral process would not change as Kinshasa had the sovereign right to control it.

Fayulu, a former Exxon Mobil manager, requested a recount of the poll this week, saying he won by a landslide and that the official winner, opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi, struck a deal with President Joseph Kabila to be declared the victor.

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