Why Congo election results may be delayed – CENI

The head of the electoral commission told journalists on Thursday that preliminary results from Democratic Republic of Congo’s presidential election may be delayed past Sunday because of the low number of voting tally sheets received so far.

CENI president Corneille Nangaa said vote counting centres had received just 20 percent of tally sheets, hinting that this may hinder their ability to deliver the final results on Sunday.

Many Congolese were kept from voting in the December 30 presidential election because polling stations often opened late, closed early and voting machines sometimes did not work, a group of observers said on Thursday.