itemprop=description content=The DR Congo's ruling party, the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) confirmed Félix Tshisekedi's candidacy for the December 20 presidential election at an extraordinary congress in Kinshasa on Saturday, September 30.
The DR Congo's ruling party, the Union for Democracy and Social Progress confirmed Félix Tshisekedi's candidacy for the December 20 presidential election at an extraordinary congress in Kinshasa on Saturday, September 30.
Earlier, Fayulu who lost to Tshisekedi in 2019 threatened to boycott the December 20 election in protest at alleged fraud linked to the voter list but he changed his mind saying the former decision would have played into his opponents' hands. party indicated that it will reveal a programme to restore security, create jobs and improve social services.
"Everyone knows that the voter identification and registration process in which we participated took place in total opacity, a proof of the planning and execution of fraud," Fayulu said at a news conference in Kinshasa in June. In statements, the warring parties which had observed a fragile ceasefire since November 2022, accused each other of starting the fire exchange on Sunday afternoon in Kilolirwe and other areas in Masisi territory in spite of calls by regional leaders to end the conflict peacefully.
The legislation dubbed the"Tshiani Law", after its author Noël Tshiani, a 65-year-old economist, who worked at the World Bank has been criticized as a tool to ring-fence Tshisekedi's second term ahead of the elections.
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