the president of the Céni responds to the declarations of the Archbishop of Kinshasa on the elections

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Celebrating Christmas mass, the Archbishop of Kinshasa deplored the conditions for organizing the December 20 elections. We have just witnessed what could be called a gigantic organized, planned disorder “, did he declare. The cardinal said he was particularly outraged by the level of violence on voting day. Images that he described as “ unsustainable » swelled the Web, in particular one showing the attack on a woman, because she had voted for the opposition. “ What image do we give of our country on the international scene? ? How can we go so low in this country? »

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This Monday, Denis Kadima, president of the Independent National Electoral Commission (Céni) responds to him on RFI’s microphone. “ It is a disorder that has emerged, as we saw there, but it is not us who are at the origin of this disorder. On the contrary, we tried everything possible to spread the matter and call the police. There are people being arrested right now “, he declared on the microphone of Patient Ligodiour correspondent in Kinshasa.

“ There are people who are arrested, there are machines which are safe with the intervention of the army sometimes. I involved the army in Kisangani for example, so we did not sit back. Disorder in certain places took place, but it was not with the blessing of the Ceni, this is also what must be remembered. This is our society », Continues president of the Independent National Electoral Commission (Céni).

And to affirm: “ Every time I was asked: “Are you going to have good elections?” I have always said, this question cannot be asked only to the Céni, we must ask it to everyone because we take care of electoral management. There are some who take care of security, others take care of financing. And then society also has a role to play. »