In the race against time for the general elections supposed to be held in December 2023, the Congolese national electoral commission is about to complete the mapping of polling stations even before the voter registration operation. The opposition raises the tone, denouncing the violation of the texts which, she says, oblige the Ceni to publish the cartography of the polling stations 30 days before the opening of the electoral campaign taking into account the number of registered on the file electoral.
The opposition expresses its fears on a possible electoral fraud in preparation. ” The mapping of polling stations is developed taking into account the distances that separate voters from their polling station and the obstacles to be covered. However, as we speak, the CENI is in the process of validating a cartography which is not based on any legal basis, because it does not have any file to prevent other actors from saying that the CENI is preparing a fraud to large scale », Says John Omombo Tshumba, the president of the progressive social forces, at the microphone of our correspondent in Kinshasa, Pascal Mulegwa.
“ The Ceni must cancel this mapping and respect the law, because we have a fear that we can install fictitious offices in the forest. We want the CENI to first wait for voter registration to have a credible, certified and cleaned electoral file to develop the cartography “, he continues.
” In view of all the problems surrounding the electoral process today, we need a constructive electoral dialogue, which will make it possible to lay the consensual bases for a healthy, participatory, inclusive and peaceful election. “, maintains John Omombo Tshumba.