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Regional powers call emergency summit as new evidence emerges Congo election was rigged
Source: The Telegraph
Regional powers call emergency summit as new evidence emerges Congo election was rigged
Our Foreign Staff
,The Telegraph•January 15, 2019
Southern African government have called an emergency summit to discuss the disputed election in the Democratic Republic of Congo as further evidence emerged that the official results were falsified to hand a fraudulent victory to Felix Tshisekedi over Martin Fayulu.
The Southern African Development Community (SADC), which include the DRC, will meet on Thursday in Addis Ababa a diplomatic adviser to outgoing president Joseph Kabila said on Sunday, Reuters reported.
It was not immediately clear who else from Congo would be present or what action, if any, the bloc might decide to take.
Analysis of two sets of voting data by the Financial Times show that Mr Fayulu was the rightful winner of the election to replace outgoing president Joseph Kabila, the newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Data covering 86 per cent of total votes cast across the country showed Mr Fayulu won 59.4 per cent of the vote while Mr Tshisekedi, who was declared the surprise winner on Thursday, took 19 percent, the paper reported.
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Our Foreign Staff
,The Telegraph•January 15, 2019
Southern African government have called an emergency summit to discuss the disputed election in the Democratic Republic of Congo as further evidence emerged that the official results were falsified to hand a fraudulent victory to Felix Tshisekedi over Martin Fayulu.
The Southern African Development Community (SADC), which include the DRC, will meet on Thursday in Addis Ababa a diplomatic adviser to outgoing president Joseph Kabila said on Sunday, Reuters reported.
It was not immediately clear who else from Congo would be present or what action, if any, the bloc might decide to take.
Analysis of two sets of voting data by the Financial Times show that Mr Fayulu was the rightful winner of the election to replace outgoing president Joseph Kabila, the newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Data covering 86 per cent of total votes cast across the country showed Mr Fayulu won 59.4 per cent of the vote while Mr Tshisekedi, who was declared the surprise winner on Thursday, took 19 percent, the paper reported.
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Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/regional-powers-call-emergency-summit-130445143.html
