Fayulu denounces Congo “electoral coup”

The runner-up in the Democratic Republic of Congo‘s long-awaited presidential poll Martin Fayulu (62) denounced the results as an “electoral coup“.

#DRC: CENI declared #FelixTshisekedi the winner of the #DRCElections. Results are to be validated by the constitutional court. Martin #Fayulu has called on CENCO and ECC to release their results, describing the result as an "electoral coup". @IntellFusion https://t.co/lHm0AHhOAj pic.twitter.com/UzrQ01T9aI

— Intelligence Fusion – Africa (@IF_Africa) January 10, 2019

These results have nothing to do with the truth at the ballot box,” Fayulu told Radio France International (RFI).”It’s a real electoral coup, it’s incomprehensible.”

So #drc experts, we just saw the first election rigged by the government in favour of an opposition candidate right? Kabila has done a deal with #Tshisekedi to protect his interests, and then rigged out #Fayulu who pre election polls and domestic observers say won convincingly pic.twitter.com/RC9GPBDFEP

— Nic Cheeseman (@Fromagehomme) January 10, 2019

The leader and founder of Engagement for Citizenship and Development party established in 2009 with two other MPs, Fayulu, a former Exxon Mobile top manager, is the favorite the influential Congo Catholic church.

“They have stolen the victory of the Congolese people, and the Congolese people will never accept that their victory is stolen,” Fayulu said.

He called “all those who observed the elections” to “tell us the truth, publish the results”. “We can not keep quiet, it’s a scam, it’s a joke that we can not accept today,” he insisted.