The United Nations Security Council has called on political and social actors in DRC to take greater responsibility to adopt a consensual and inclusive electoral calendar and asked that the ban on public demonstrations be lifted.
The UNSC delegation is currently visiting the central African nation. Members have already met with various political figures, including President Joseph Kabila and opposition leaders, as well as representatives of non-governmental organizations. Last month, the Constitutional Court granted a petition of the National Electoral Commission to postpone the elections to 2018. On 18 October, participants in the national dialogue on elections signed an agreement to hold the elections in April 2018. However, the dialogue is being boycotted by several of the main opposition groups, which have formed a coalition called “Rassemblement.”
The group has been staging popular protests on the 19th every month to pressure President Kabila to step down.
