Former Prime Minister Augustin Matata says the Congolese people must reject another sham election.
The LGD president says the signals are not encouraging ahead of the December 20, 2023 polls.
“The signals are not green. The voter registration process was marred by numerous irregularities and the audit of the electoral register was botched. This augurs a real desire to also botch the elections. But it will be up to the Congolese people, as well as the political leaders of the opposition, to mobilize and organize themselves to prevent the country from another electoral sham…
“The DRC does not belong to the CENI, it belongs to the Congolese and the expression of their will at the ballot box must be respected. We should not repeat the mistakes of the past over and over again. We should not swallow up so much Congolese taxpayer funds in a facade electoral process, at the end of which the
elected officials would be named!”
