Martin Fayulu Challenges Presidential Election Results in Court | |
Radio Okapi - January 12, 2019 | |
![]() | Martin Faylu filed an appeal to the Constitutional Court on Friday, contesting the provisional results of the presidential election published two days earlier by the Independent National Electoral Commission. |
Felix Tshisekedi Vows to Be the President of All Congolese | |
Radio Okapi - January 10, 2019 | |
![]() | “I will not be the president of a political party, the UDPS, or a tribe, the Luba tribe. I will be the president of all Congolese,” Felix Tshisekedi, the President-elect of the Democratic Republic of Congo, said shortly after the announcement by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of the provisional results of the December 30 polls. |
Martin Fayulu Rejects Presidential Election Results | |
Radio Okapi - January 10, 2019 | |
![]() | Martin Fayulu, the runner-up in the December 30 presidential election, has rejected the results proclaimed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday, naming Félix Tshisekedi as the winner. |
Felix Tshisekedi Elected DR Congo President | |
Radio Okapi - January 10, 2019 | |
![]() | Felix Tshisekedi has been elected president of the Democratic Republic of Congo. He won 38.57% of the vote of December 30th poll, according to the provisional results published by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday. |
DR Congo Delays Results of December Election | |
VOA News - January 06, 2019 | |
![]() | DR Congo officials say they are delaying the announcement of the results of its presidential election until some time later this week. Corneille Nangaa, head of the country’s electoral commission (CENI), said, “It is not possible to publish the results on Sunday. We are making progress, but we do not have everything yet.” |
Bemba, Katumbi renew their support for joint opposition presidential candidate Fayulu | |
Radio Okapi - November 16, 2018 | |
![]() | Jean-Pierre Bemba, Moise Katumbi, Adolphe Muzito, Martin Fayulu, and a representative for Mbussa Nyamuisi called on the two dissenting opposition leaders to come to their senses. In a statement signed in Brussels, they said that the Lamuka political agreement was signed freely and unconditionally by the seven opposition leaders on November 11, 2018 in Geneva. |
Vital Kamerhe also withdraws support for joint opposition presidential bid | |
Top Congo FM - November 12, 2018 | |
![]() | After Felix Tshisekedi, Vital Kamerhe has also announces he is withdrawing his signature from the Geneva agreement naming Martin Fayulu as the joint opposition candidate in the December 23 presidential election. |
Felix Tshisekedi withdraws support for joint opposition presidential bid | |
Top Congo FM - November 12, 2018 | |
![]() | “I have come to realize that the action we took in Geneva was not understood by the base [of the party]. Therefore, on behalf of the UDPS, I am withdrawing my signature from the agreement that we signed in Geneva,” Mr. Tshisekedi told TOP CONGO FM. |
Jean-Pierre Bemba banned from running for president | |
Radio Okapi - August 25, 2018 | |
![]() | The candidacy of Jean-Pierre Bemba for the presidential election scheduled to be held on December 23 has been rejected by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), according to the list of accepted candidacies it published just after midnight on Saturday in Kinshasa. |
Vital Kamerhe named UNC presidential candidate | |
Radio Okapi - August 04, 2018 | |
![]() | Vital Kamerhe has been named as the candidate of the Union for the Congolese Nation (UNC) for the December 23 presidential election. This was one of the resolutions taken during the second congress of the opposition party that ended Saturday, August 4 in Kinshasa. |