According to the announcements, the public hearing on this electoral dispute will exceptionally take place in the Marcel Lihau Hall of the Court of Cassation.
The company received two requests to cancel the vote, one involving the defeated presidential candidate Théodore Ngoy due to irregularities in the procedure, while the second was submitted by David Mpala, a citizen who did not give the reasons for his request.
Ngoy received just over four thousand votes in the election (17th place, with 0.02 percent) and was the only opposition candidate to appeal to the judicial body, although others expressed disagreement with the results. partially.
On December 31, the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) declared current Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi the winner, receiving 73.34 percent of the more than 18 million valid ballots.
His closest competitor, the former governor of Katanga (southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo), Moïse Katumbi, only achieved 18.08 percent.
The CENI has set January 2nd and 3rd as the dates for appeal to the Constitutional Court in the event of a disagreement, a body that has until the January 11th deadline to process the files submitted.
Meanwhile, the electoral authority on Saturday announced the elimination of 82 candidates for the general election as well as the cancellation of the national and provincial general elections in Masimanimba electoral districts in Kwilu Province and Yakoma in Ubangi North Province.
Those invalidated for fraud, incitement to violence, vandalism against voting materials or illegal possession of electronic voting machines include three active ministers: Didier Manzenga (tourism), Antoinette Kipulu (vocational training) and Manuanina Nana (presidential minister). of the Republic).
Also four provincial governors: Gentiny Ngobila (Kinshasa), Bobo Boloko (Equateur), Pancras Boongo (Tshuapa) and César Limbiya (Mongala), among other prominent figures in DRC politics.
The electoral authority said the cancellations were due to investigations by a commission set up to investigate unrest in the December 20 combined elections.
Investigations continue in Budjala (Sud-Ubangi), Bomongo and Makanza (Equateur) constituencies.
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