On the eve of the first expected results of Congo’s long-delayed presidential election, U.S. President Donald Trump said military personnel had deployed to the region for possible “violent demonstrations,” while the country’s powerful Catholic church warned of a popular “uprising” if untrue results are announced.
Congo faces what could be its first democratic, peaceful transfer of power since independence from Belgium in 1960, but election observers and the opposition have raised numerous concerns about voting irregularities as the country chooses a successor to longtime President Joseph Kabila.
At stake is a vast country rich in the minerals that power the world’s mobile phones and laptops, yet desperately underdeveloped. Some 40 million people were registered to vote, though at the last minute some 1 million voters were barred as the electoral commission cited a deadly Ebola virus outbreak. Critics said that undermines the election’s credibility.
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5 comments:
Congo vote? Where in Baltimore, Detroit, Chicago?
Pretty sure the CIA will make sure it is a fair election.
Lol
What ties to we have in the Congo except treating their Ebola?
At stake is a country rich in minerals . . .
The US government wants to make sure the people have free elections. They need to choose the right candidate.
Sure, it will be a fair election.
Sure it will.
We can't even have good elections or counts in Broward County, Florida, how are we the great Judges of fairness and quality elections? Talk about a pile of Bullshit...
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