By RFIPalled on 17-01-2019Modified on 17-01-2019 at 23:07
The disputed results of the presidential election in the DRC were at the center of a closed-door meeting in Addis Ababa on Thursday (January 17th) between SADC, ICGLR and the AU. A meeting at the request of Paul Kagame, President-in-Office of the African Union.
A source in the African Union commission told RFI that a delegation of three heads of state representing all heads of state present at the meeting on Thursday, accompanied by Moussa Faki Mahamat, president of the African Union Commission , is expected to visit Kinshasa on Monday. Information that should be confirmed in a statement of heads of state.
As early as this morning, SADC organized its own meeting, with a keynote release far below what could be expected. This document does not mention at all the recount that was mentioned by Edgar Lungu, the Zambian president, last weekend. This SADC statement commends the DRC government for organizing these elections and warns against outside interference.
Like Moussa Faki Mahamat in his opening address this Thursday morning. Even though the President of the African Union Commission had stronger words, evoking " serious doubts about the conformity of the results proclaimed ". He had promised " solutions " to present to heads of state in the afternoon.
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