Democratic Republic of Congo opposition candidate Martin Fayulu said on Monday his party would not participate in upcoming elections if the voter list was not redone and audited, claiming fraud.
Fayulu, leader of the Engagement for Citizenship and Development party, came in second to President Felix Tshisekedi in the last election in 2018. His party said that he won and he challenged the results in court.
“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 told a press conference in Kinshasa. Congo’s electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission , in May hired five international experts to review its electoral list, and they declared it reliable.
The lead-up to the polls has been tense already, with several opposition candidates complaining of delays and issues with electoral process which they say disadvantage them.
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