By Editorial,
The head of Democratic Republic of Congo’s election commission, Denis Kadima has said it would meet a Dec. 31 deadline for the release of full provisional presidential results, dismissing opposition calls for a re-run of the disputed vote as the response of bad losers.
The commission has come under fire for its handling of the delay-plagued Dec. 20 presidential and legislative elections and the vote-count, which the opposition and independent observers say have compromised the credibility of results.
After a turbulent campaign, the poll in Africa’s second-largest country and a major copper and cobalt producer was chaotic.
Logistical mishaps, malfunctioning voting machines and violent incidents held up voting in many places, prompting the Commission to extend the vote a decision whose legality the main observer mission has questioned.END.