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DR CONGO: Kabila’s Tainted Victory

DR CONGO: Kabila’s Tainted Victory Violence and repression of protest follows the announcement of the presidential poll results. Joseph Kabila, the incumbent, was inaugurated in Kinshasa on December 20th following an election that international and national election observers strongly criticized as lacking credibility and transparency. The Supreme Court (appointed by Kabila) on December 16th rejected the opposition’s contention that the vote should be annulled because of fraud allegations. The opposition had also complained about a ban on political rallies imposed on the last day of campaigning, the “use of state resources” by Kabila, the non‐opening of numerous polling stations, a lack of ballot papers and the exclusion of opposition party monitors from vote‐counting centres. President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe was the only foreign head of state present as Joseph Kabila was sworn in for a new term. The state‐run Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation ( ZBC ) claimed Mugabe was joined by other heads of state and government but international news agencies covering the event said other African countries were only represented by ministers. Kabila was declared the winner, with 48.95%, beating veteran opposition politician Etienne Tshisekedi , who took 32.33% of the nearly 19 million votes cast. Kabila was sworn back into office, while http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series Wiley

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Wiley
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© Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2011
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0001-9844
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1467-825X
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10.1111/j.1467-825X.2011.04224.x
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Abstract

Violence and repression of protest follows the announcement of the presidential poll results. Joseph Kabila, the incumbent, was inaugurated in Kinshasa on December 20th following an election that international and national election observers strongly criticized as lacking credibility and transparency. The Supreme Court (appointed by Kabila) on December 16th rejected the opposition’s contention that the vote should be annulled because of fraud allegations. The opposition had also complained about a ban on political rallies imposed on the last day of campaigning, the “use of state resources” by Kabila, the non‐opening of numerous polling stations, a lack of ballot papers and the exclusion of opposition party monitors from vote‐counting centres. President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe was the only foreign head of state present as Joseph Kabila was sworn in for a new term. The state‐run Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation ( ZBC ) claimed Mugabe was joined by other heads of state and government but international news agencies covering the event said other African countries were only represented by ministers. Kabila was declared the winner, with 48.95%, beating veteran opposition politician Etienne Tshisekedi , who took 32.33% of the nearly 19 million votes cast. Kabila was sworn back into office, while

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Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series – Wiley

Published: Jan 1, 2012

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