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Henri Bouka, president of the National Independent Electoral Commission (Cnei), called on the various candidates for the double legislative and local ballot on Saturday to safeguard peace after the vote. They were asked to favor the use of mechanisms defined by law in the event of contestation of the results of the electoral process.

The president of the National Independent Electoral Commission (Cnei) hosted a press conference this Saturday, July 09 in Brazzaville, a prelude to the holding of the general vote, this Sunday, July 10 throughout the national territory. He mainly addressed all the candidates who took part in the local elections and in the first round of the legislative ballot. In his message, the president of the Cnei recalled that the law provides the means by which each citizen or a candidate wishing to express his dissatisfaction at an electoral deadline. “We are at peace and no one can claim to undermine the hard-won peace. There are a lot of parameters for disgruntled people to speak out through legal channels,” he said. Thus, Henri Bouka invited the Congolese political class to assert their rights before the competent institutions in the event of appeal in electoral disputes. “Those who proclaim in social networks that they could oppose the results, I invite them to restraint because the wise man does not challenge the State but seizes mechanisms to defend his interest”, he said. Express. The president of the Cnei visited this Sunday, July 10 the polling stations of Brazzaville, Kintele and Ignié. He noted with satisfaction the conduct of the vote despite, he said, «some small very personal deviations in Brazzaville but very quickly contained and the voters present understood and everyone was able to voter. » The Constitution of October 25, 2015 in its article 113 provides: « the Constitutional Court decides, in the event of dispute, on the admissibility of the candidatures and on the validity of the election of the deputies and the senators. »

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