African Union calls on DR Congo to delay release of final vote results
The African Union called on Democratic Republic of
Congo to suspend the release of the final results of its disputed presidential
election due to its doubts over the provisional results, France 24 reported
Friday.
The rare move from the group injects fresh
uncertainty into the post-election process, which was meant to usher in the
country's first democratic transfer of power in 59 years of independence, but
has been mired in controversy since the Dec. 30 vote.
The final tally is scheduled to be released by the
election commission once the constitutional court has ruled on challenges to
the provisional results on Friday, but the union called for this to be
postponed following a meeting in Addis Ababa.
"The Heads of State and Government attending
the meeting concluded that there were serious doubts on the conformity of the
provisional results as proclaimed by the National Independent Electoral
Commission, with the verdict of the ballot boxes," it said in a statement.
