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DR Congo commission plans to delay presidential vote to Dec 2018

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Published on: June 15, 2023

The electoral commission in the Democratic Republic of Congo has said it wants to push back national elections to late 2018.

The announcement comes as tensions rise over the future of the country’s presidency.

Opposition leaders have rejected the electoral commission’s proposal, as calls mount for President Joseph Kabila to step down.

The commission chief, Corneille Nangaa, said that voter registration lists won’t be ready until July 2017 and that the government will then need an additional 504 days to organize the vote, effectively pushing the election back to late 2018.

The presidential election was originally scheduled for November