COMMENT: A new strategy by opposition party leaders in Africa who have lost elections is emerging. They contest the results and demand fresh elections are held but their successes have been limited and their actions tend to provoke democratic reversals.
A new strategy by opposition party leaders in Africa who have lost elections is emerging. They contest the results and demand that fresh elections are held or launch a process of power sharing with the losing parties. But their successes have been limited and their actions tend to provoke democratic reversals.
Fayulu’s actions are similar to those of opposition leaders in other elections in Africa. For example, the 2017 elections in Kenya saw Uhuru Kenyatta’s victory challenged by his rival Raila Odinga. When the electoral commission announced that Emmerson Mnangagwa had won the elections the streets of Harare were flooded with protesters, including MDC supporters, who denounced the rigging of the vote. Several protesters were killed in clashes with the police.READ MORE: Zimbabwe’s opposition copies the Kenyan playbook
Opposition parties do not make enough effort to secure a significant number of seats in Parliament to give them legislative power. As a result, the ruling or winning parties find themselves in a position where they control both the executive and legislative branches of power. This has a negative effect because it tends to cause democratic reversals, leading to the emergence of autocratic systems in which only one party dominates and often tries to close down the political space further.
The Congolese population had been waiting for Joseph Kabila to step down. The election of Tshisekedi as the new president reignited hopes for renewed peace-building processes among the Congolese in the war-affected regions.
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