The Constitutional Court in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)has confirmed President Felix Tshisekedi’s landslide victory for a second term in office in the central African nation’s held presidential elections.<\/p>\n
In its ruling on Tuesday, the court also rejected an appeal by a candidate who came in last to annul the results. The court called the petition by Theodore Ngoy to redo the vote unfounded.<\/p>\n
Nine opposition candidates had signed a declaration in late December rejecting the results of the election and describng the election a “sham”. The quadruple ballot had more than a 40% turnout with some 18 million people voting.<\/p>\n
The final figures announced by the court on Tuesday differed only slightly from provisional results that election officials had already made public.<\/p>\n
Incumbent Felix Tshisekedi got 73.47 percent of vote. He would be sworn in at the end of January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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