The results of the national legislative elections are still not known. While the initial expectation for these results was set for January 3, the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (Céni) is still working to make them available before the end of the weekend.
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With our correspondent in Kinshasa, Patient Ligodi
The task is not easy for the Ceni. All constituencies must be scrutinized. Particular attention is paid to the representativeness threshold. Political parties and groups that have not reached this 1% threshold will not be able to sit in the next National Assembly.
Thus, the Céni says it takes its time to avoid errors as much as possible in the calculation of this threshold, a delicate operation. “ If we take time, it is to avoid material errors which could lead to prolonged litigation procedures “, a member of the Céni office told RFI.
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Some members of the electoral center claim to be under pressure from some political parties on this subject. For his part, Denis Kadima, president of the electoral institution, continues to affirm that there will be no deputies appointed and that he will not give in to pressure from wherever it may come.
There is also the cases of the 82 invalidated candidates for suspicion of fraud and/or electoral violence. Their fate is now in the hands of the Council of State which is called upon to decide this Friday. In the meantime, other sanctions may also be imposed, concerning Céni agents who are guilty of complicity in fraud.
In the meantime, the future composition of the Congolese Parliament represents a major challenge for the various parties, including the Sacred Union of the Nation, the coalition in power currently.
As the president was re-elected, [l’enjeu] it is to have a comfortable majority at the level of the National Assembly, to run the country without constraint.
Ithiel Batumike, analyst at the Congolese Ebuteli Research Institute