DRC election postponement spike outrage: Sipho Mantula.
1,704 views · Published 28 December 2018 · 9:07 · Indexed 31 October 2026
Channel: SABC News · 2018 · News & Politics
Angry citizens of the Democratic Republic of Congo have taken to the streets of the eastern capital Goma. They're angry that an election - due to be held on Sunday - has been postponed in certain cities and say this is an attempt to rig the elections. The electoral commission postponed vostin in Beni and Butembu in eastern DRC and Yumbi in the west. This in the face of unrest and the sread of the Ebola violence. The President, Joseph Kabila, insists that the DRC electoral law provides for the postponement which will bar more than one million people from casting their ballots for now. To discuss were joined by political analyst, Advocate Sipho Mantula. For more news, visit: sabcnews.com
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