Martin Fayulu expected in Butembo, DRC town excluded from 2018 vote

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Martin Fayulu expected in Butembo, DRC town excluded from 2018 vote

Opposition candidate in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s disputed elections, Martin Fayulu, is expected in the town of Butembo today for a rally.

Fayulu is expected to re-echo his message of peaceful resistance to supporters and to assure them that the fight to have the will of Congolese voters was not going to stop.

CENI, the DRC’s elections body, cancelled polling in Butembo and Beni over an Ebola-outbreak in both places – known to be opposition strongholds.

People in the two towns lined up on the day of the vote and cast mock ballots whose results they promised to submit to CENI to be included in the result tallies.