The Democratic Republic of Congo's Constitutional Court on January 9 confirmed President Felix Tshisekedi's landslide victory in a December election for a second term in the poor but mineral-rich massive central African country.
DR Congo held a presidential, legislative, regional, and local election on December 20 that opposition leaders had called a "sham." The President Felix Tshisekedi got 73.47 percent of vote during a December 20 election, the court said.
Nine opposition candidates signed a declaration in late December rejecting what they termed a "sham" election and called for a re-run. Voting was officially extended by a day to account for problems, and continued for days afterward in remote areas, according to observers. The final figures announced by the court on Tuesday differed only slightly from provisional results that election officials had already made public.
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