The organization of lay Catholics, which was on the front line in the political demonstrations of 2018, is returning to the charge again this year and promises new demonstrations in order, she says to make heard the requirement of the sovereign people during the holding of elections “. During a press conference Thursday in Kinshasa, the CLC listed what it considers to be anomalies to be corrected quickly.
With our correspondent in Kinshasa, Patient Ligodi
The CLC accuses, for example, the government of having transformed itself into an electoral platform for the benefit of Felix Tshisekedi. He alludes to the Sacred Union political grouping, which is led by the leaders of the country’s main institutions.
” They are both in government and presidents of their parties, or even general secretaries. All of this demonstrates the casualness with which some members of this institution deal with questions of state neutrality. “, underlines Hervé Diakiese, the spokesperson of the CLC.
Also, the CLC criticizes the duration and the process chosen by the Ceni to organize the external audit of the electoral register. The mission was entrusted to five experts recruited by the central electoral office.
” The 2018 format with the OIF, in 21 days, we managed to root out six million false voters. How do you expect that in five days serious work can be done if not a desire to self-certify. This will be a completely questionable file and no one will be able to control it. “says Hervé Diakiese.
Fearing, he says, the worst, he asks the CENI to very quickly put in place the consultation framework with all the stakeholders for the designation of a credible international body to audit the file, according to the format that prevailed in 2018.