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DR Congo election candidates refuse to back code of conduct

Source: BBC News

DR Congo: The crime behind the chaos

Opposition candidates in Sunday’s election in the Democratic Republic of Congo have refused to approve a statement aimed at reducing tension before the poll.

The elections are taking place two years later than scheduled and the run-up has been marred by violence.

Three leading presidential candidates held talks in the capital on Saturday.

But afterwards opposition figures Martin Fayulu and Felix Tshisekedi said they would not endorse the peace pact.

They said officials had rejected changes they had suggested to the text.

With less than a day before the election, there are concerns over groups not being allowed to vote, and over electronic machines being used for the first time.

What’s the context for these elections?

If everything passes without incident, this will be the first peaceful transition in DR Congo since it gained independence from Belgium in 1960.

The current president, Joseph Kabila, took over from his assassinated father Laurent in 2001, but he is barred from running for another term under the constitution.

He was supposed to step down two years ago, but the election was postponed after the electoral commission said it needed more time to register voters.

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The decision triggered violent clashes, as the opposition accused Joseph Kabila of trying to cling on to power.

Then last week, the election was delayed again, for seven days, because of problems deploying voting materials to polling sites.

This all came after thousands of electronic voting machines were destroyed in a fire in Kinshasa.

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