Highest court in Congo is going to start listening to a complaint about the recent election for president.
Last week, Théodore Ngoy submitted a request to cancel the presidential election results because he only got 0. 02% of the votes.
He called the results fake.
The two main candidates who were against the government, Moïse Katumbi and Martin Fayulu, argued about the election results but chose not to take the issue to court.
The Constitutional Court will decide something before January 12th, when the electoral body will announce the final results.
If Mr Ngoy’s challenge is not successful, President Felix Tshisekedi will be sworn in for another term on 20 January. He won the election with 73% of the vote.
The December 20 election had a lot of problems with getting everything where it needed to go. It had to continue for an extra day in some big areas of the country.
On Sunday, the voting officials decided that 82 people running for political positions should not be allowed to run because they were involved in cheating and violent actions.
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Presidential result dispute to be heard by DR Congo Supreme Court
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Fourth-party contender from Democratic Republic of Congo supports former governor for president
Another person running for president in the Democratic Republic of Congo has decided to stop trying and instead help a different candidate, Moïse Katumbi, who used to be a governor and is now in opposition.
Delly Sesanga, a lawyer and MP from Kasai-Central province, has stepped out of the race. Now there are 21 opposition candidates running for the top job.
They will be running against the current President Felix Tshisekedi, who wants to be President again for a second time.
Mr Sesanga deciding to step back is helping the opposition come together more, especially after former prime minister Matata Ponyo and two other candidates, Seth Kikuni and Franck Diongo, already showed their support for Mr Katumbi.
“I have decided to join forces and support Moise Katumbi’s campaign for unity,” he said on Sunday, asking his supporters to vote for Katumbi.
There were talks in the South African capital Pretoria to pick one person from the opposition to run against Mr. Tshisekedi However, they were not able to come to an agreement and the discussions ended on 17th November.
The election campaigns began two weeks ago and will end on 18 December, which is two days before the elections on 20 December.
During the campaign, six people died in a stampede at Mr. Tshisekedi’s rally in Mbanza-Ngungu city.
On Tuesday, a person who supports Mr. Katumbi was killed at a gathering while fighting with people who support the ruling party in the eastern Maniema province.