Experts slam DRC govt for blocking election observers

Election experts have slammed the Democratic Republic of Congo’s decision to block election observers in their ongoing election process. The East African Community (EAC) will not observe the general polls in DRC today after the DRC secretariat said in a statement that  DRC authorities declined their application to have an observer mission in the country. A treaty establishing the East African Community provides for observing elections and has been the practice since the inception of the bloc, which DRC was admitted into in 2022. Speaking to KFM, Crispin Kaheru, an election observer says that although it is not mandatory for countries to have observers, direct refusal shows a country’s inability to conduct transparent elections. “There are likely to be questions […]