President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is also Deputy Chair of
the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security has called on all parties and
stakeholders in the Democratic Republic of Congo to respect the decision of the
country’s Constitutional Court which declared Felix Tshisekedi the president-elect following the December elections in the DRC.
President Mnangagwa further called on all parties and
stakeholders to continue working for peace, stability and unity for all
citizens which is critical for sustainable development and a better life for
all the Congolese citizens.
He also stressed the need by the international community to
uphold and respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the DRC in
conformity with the SADC Treaty, Constitutive Act of the African Union and the
United Nations Charter.
He reiterated his commitment to working closely with the
president-elect and his administration.
An opposition politician in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo has called on his millions of followers to conduct a peaceful campaign of
civil disobedience following the rejection of his appeal against election
results by the country’s highest court.
Martin Fayulu said he considered himself the “sole
legitimate president-elect” of the country and urged the Congolese people not
to recognise “any individual who would claim this authority illegally”.
The DRC’s constitutional court confirmed early on Sunday
morning that Felix Tshisekedi, the leader of the country’s main opposition
party, was the winner of the polls that were held after more than two years of
delays in December.
Fayulu, who was placed a close second, rejected the
provisional official tally released last week, saying it was the product of a
secret deal between Tshisekedi and the outgoing president, Joseph Kabila, to
cheat him out of a clear win.
Leaked internal data seen by the Guardian from the
electoral commission in the DRC and from the influential Catholic church, which
deployed more than 40,000 monitors on polling day, appears to indicate that
Fayulu won convincingly with about 60% of the votes cast.
Aides to Kabila and Tshisekedi have denied making any deal,
though they have confirmed a dialogue.
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The influential African Union broke with a long tradition
of backing governments in power to implicitly question the results. Experts
have described the usually conservative
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