Reply To: The 57th Anniversary of the Independence

[Congo]

A delegation from the Alternance for the Republic went to exchange with the Bureau of the Independent National Electoral Commission. It was yesterday, Monday, July 3, 2017 in the facilities of this institution of support to the democracy. The senior officials of the RA wanted to inquire about the progress of the electoral process in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Conducted by Delly Sessanga, the delegation of this platform of the opposition promises to give its official position on the general situation of the country after a workshop that opens, unless last minute change, this morning in Kinshasa . At the end of this working session, the Alternance platform for the Republic, which supports Moses Katumbi, said that it would stick to the organisation of the elections within the deadline set by the global and inclusive agreement of the Holy Sylvester.

The state of progress of the electoral process was at the center of the exchange between the President of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Corneille Nangaa and a strong delegation of the Alternation pour la République, a platform member of the Rally of Accepted Political and Social Forces To the Change led by Felix Tshisekedi. All sensitive issues related to the organization of elections were discussed during these exchanges. On the strength of the elements obtained, the AR promises to give its official position at the end of a workshop which will be opened this Tuesday, July 4, 2017 in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. “The question what we came to inquire about the state of the electoral process. You know that the AR is an electoral platform and therefore strongly interested in the outcome of the current process. We have had a number of elements, we are going to return to the level of our platform because we have a workshop, not only on the electoral cycle, but also the general situation of the country that will start tomorrow. And at the end of this workshop, all the elements that have been given to us here will be taken into consideration in order to give you a position that the Alternance for the Republic will have on the electoral process and on the political situation of the country “Said Delly Sesanga in front of media professionals. And to continue what I can assure you of what we are concerned as all Congolese of the need to finalise within the time limit as agreed in the inclusive global agreement of the CENCO, the electoral process or the Elections in December of this year, the finalisation of the electoral register and the publication of the calendar.

The final position

It must be said that the AR still reserves the right to give its official position on the evolution of the electoral process. Sesanga promised to do so incessantly.

“For all of these elements, we will give you the final position at the end of our workshop that we are starting tomorrow. And so we can not go to the workshop without having the electoral center itself the elements such as the current process is taking place. The truth is that we have had all the information on the current process of voter registration, the situation as it is for the activities that will follow and we have expressed our willingness to stick to the That is to say, with the organization of the elections which is credible and appeased in December of this year. For the other considerations, take your trouble in patience, after the workshop, after evaluation in the alternation for the Republic, we will give you our position, “he said.

The situation of Kasai

Alternance for the Republic is due to the enlistment of the populations of the great Kasai. The subject was discussed during these exchanges and the President of the Independent National Electoral Commission gave assurances, according to Delly Sesanga. “We demanded that enlistment operations begin in Kasai as is the case elsewhere, it has given assurances that they will start in the next few days and thus see that this process can actually start and that the Populations of the Kasai, like all other populations can be present at the time of the vote, “he said.

The situation of Kasai

Alternance for the Republic is due to the enlistment of the populations of the great Kasai. The subject was discussed during these exchanges and the President of the Independent National Electoral Commission gave assurances, according to Delly Sesanga. “We demanded that enlistment operations begin in Kasai as is the case elsewhere, it has given assurances that they will start in the next few days and thus see that this process can actually start and that the Populations of the Kasai, like all other populations can be present at the time of the vote, “he said.

Corneille Nangaa explains

The President of the CENI took this opportunity not only to review the state of the electoral process but also to list the activities to be carried out in the days that will follow. For Corneille Nangaa, the CENI works in the spirit of the agreement of the saint-sylvestre. “We welcome the arrival at the CENI of the leaders of the Alternance for the Republic. At their request, they wanted to inquire about the state of the electoral process. The exchange allowed us to take stock of the process. All the same, we all agree that we are working in the spirit of the December 31 agreement. We will have to close the identification and the enrollment of the voters. We are in 32 million registered voters, we have only a little less than 10 million voters. Once the enrollment is complete, we will move to the distribution of the seats, we will call the electorate, we will order the equipment, training and deployment of agents, “said Corneille Nangaa. And to continue that “It is a path that is before us, we must make an effort that everyone works, each in his own. It was also an opportunity to show how we work. We also talked about the timetable and we expressed to them the small technical adjustments that we expect for the publication of this calendar which will take place in the coming days “.