http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2011/12/04/warnings-of-violence-precede-release-of-drc-election-results/

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, there are increasing concerns about violence in the lead-up to the release of the results of last week's presidential election.
The country's election commission says it will announce the winner of the poll Tuesday. Preliminary results showed the incumbent, Joseph Kabila, gaining more than 50 percent of the vote. His closest rival, veteran opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi, got about 34 percent.
On Sunday, Congo's bishops held a rare news conference to appeal for calm. The head of the influential Christian conference warned that Congo is, in his words, like a “high-speed train heading directly into a wall.” He called on the country's leaders to “put on the brakes.”
Both the Kabila and Tshisekedi camps say they are confident of victory and are warning of a renewed outbreak of violence if the vote does not go the way they are predicting.
Last week's balloting was only the second free election since the African nation was torn apart by several years of warfare that ended in 2003.
Already, Human Rights Watch has reported the killings of at least 18 civilians and the wounding of 100 others in election-related attacks.
The voting over three days was described as chaotic, marred by what the U.N. Security Council called “logistical and technical difficulties.”
International observers describe ballots being burned and dumped into mud, especially at voting centers in Kinshasa, the capital, where Tshisekedi has strong support.

What do you think about this?

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Kabila's Army killing civilians

What do you think about this?

I have friends in Kinshasa and they all tald me that it is the other way around:

Kabila 30 percent
Tshisekedi more than 50 percent

Kabila is a puppet of the west and the source of the article come from The Voice of America who support Kabila.

Is Tshisekedi like Lumumba or the other Kabila who died in 2001?

igbo2011:

Is Tshisekedi  like Lumumba or the other Kabila who died in 2001?

Yes, Tshisekedi  is more like Lumumba. The Kabila who died in 2001 was killed by the Fake Kabila who is in power today. I said "Fake" because he is not his real son, he is from Rwanda but came in power after all of the sons of the Kabila who died in 2011 were all found deads in mysterious "accidents". Kabila is a "Proxi" president of the west with the help of Rwanda and Uganda.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16047150

@Horus
Dude the BBC and many other sources are lying. On twitter people are saying that Kabila is a winner.

I did not think Joseph Kabila was worth lying for the man has proven to be incompetent, ten years is enough for even a donkey to get something going in the DRC.

[SIZE=19pt]Democratic Republic of Congo elections 'lack credibility'[/SIZE]

[B]Presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo "lacked credibility" with as many as 850,000 ballots ignored entirely and others lost or altered, an influential US vote observer mission said. [/B]

Several areas reported "impossibly" high turnouts of 99 to 100 per cent with "all or nearly all" votes cast going to Joseph Kabila, the incumbent, the Carter Centre said in its first report into the November 28 vote.

Ballots arrived at counting centres by unofficial transport, some were left outside in the rain, and election officials altered paperwork "in breach of procedure", said the group, led by Jimmy Carter, the former US president.

Results from almost 2,000 polling stations in Kinshasa, the heavily pro-opposition capital, and from 1,000 other vote centres nationwide were lost.

Together, they represented 850,000 ballots missing from the final tally.

"The Carter Centre finds the provisional presidential election results announced by the Independent National Election Commission … to lack credibility," the organisation said.



The election commission on Friday night proclaimed Mr Kabila the winner, with 49 per cent of the 18 million votes cast, 2.4 million more than his nearest challenger, Etienne Tshisekedi.

Protests have erupted in Kinshasa, and in London, Brussels and Washington. Police arrested 143 people in and around Trafalgar Square on Saturday after an agreed demonstration grew out of control.

Mr Tshisekedi has rejected the results and declared himself to be the true victor of the elections.

They were only the second since Congo's last civil war ended in 2003, and the first that the country has organised itself.

At least four people died as police fired on Mr Tshisekedi's supporters as they demonstrated against what they said were rigged elections on Saturday.

Dozens more were arrested and taken to unknown locations.

"There was gunfire in the city last night, but not so much as we could have expected," said Julien Monkango, who runs an internet café in a Kinshasa suburb.

"People are walking to church as usual this morning. They are fearful, because of so many soldiers on the streets. But things are quite normal for now."

International observers fear that there could be further violence if the current stalemate lingers into the coming week.

Mr Tshisekedi is unlikely to agree to work with Mr Kabila in a coalition administration similar to those created in Kenya and Zimbabwe following disputed elections there.

But legal means to challenge the results in Congo must go through the nation's judiciary, which is notoriously corrupt and stuffed with Mr Kabila's allies.

"There's no simple solution here," said one European diplomat in Kinshasa.

"Tshisekedi won't go to the courts. He won't go into a coalition. He says he's the real winner, and his supporters believe him. The question is what are his moves in the coming days. For now, we honestly have no idea."

[B]Source:[/B] http://www.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/democraticrepublicofcongo/8949048/Democratic-Republic-of-Congo-elections-lack-credibility.html

Watch this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjlY6kl8c0k&feature=g-all

[size=19pt]Massive fraud in DRC poll - Kenneth Mubu[/size]

11 December 2011


Kenneth Mubu

South Africa must not recognise Kabila as DRC President

All indications from independent observer missions are that massive electoral fraud has taken place in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Under these circumstances, there is no way that the South African government can recognize Joseph Kabila as the democratically-elected President.

Observers have pointed out numerous instances of questionable results.  For example, results from some 2000 polling stations in opposition strongholds were not included in the final tally. There were also impossibly high voter turnout figures of almost 100% in Joseph Kabila's home province. The average for other parts of the country was 59%.

It is also clear to any observer that the elections were not conducted in a free and fair environment:

    Human Rights Watch found that at least 18 civilians were killed in election-related violence. The majority of these deaths occurred when Kabila's presidential guard opened fire at a rally of opposition supporters.
    Electoral chaos included instances where polling stations suddenly moved without warning, voters were unable to find their names on the voting lists and polling stations that ran out of ballots.
    There were numerous reports of members of the armed forces trying to influence voters' choices.
    Observers claimed that they were not allowed entry into many polling statements raising concerns about intimidation and a lack of confidentiality in the voting process.
    Illiterate voters claimed that they were accompanied into polling booths by observers from political parties.

Contrary to reports from most independent observer missions, the SADC observer mission applauded the "sterling job" done by the DRC's national election commission. SADC joined the African Union (AU) in urging candidates to accept the outcome of the "successful" election. This SADC mission is led by the South African Minister of Correctional Services, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula.

This echoes the SADC response to every Zimbabwean election since 2000. And it is further confirmation of the ANC's instinct to prop up dictators and turn a blind eye to the oppression of innocent African people. A party that openly pledges support for the murderous Mugabe regime - as the ANC did on Thursday - has obviously lost its moral anchor.

If the South African government wants to regain the credibility its foreign policy has lost since the days of Nelson Mandela, it will use every international mechanism at its disposal to push for a democratic outcome in the DRC. Until then, it should not recognise Joseph Kabila as the rightful President of the DRC.

Statement issued by Kenneth Mubu MP, DA Shadow Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, December 11 2011

Source: http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politicsweb/view/politicsweb/en/page71654?oid=271239&sn=Detail&pid=71616