T
he governing party has come up with a new initiative which, according to CDHD's understanding, is but a strategy to lengthen the ruling party's term on power. The creation of ONIP is directly linke to the coming presidenttial elections and is considered as an electoral weapon. To prove this, following multiple pressures, the government has given up the population census; and today ONIP has become non functionnal...

The current debate in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is focussed on constitutional reform, amendment of the existing electoral law, population census, creation of new territorial entities, and mandate of the electoral commission which are key elements in the next presidential elections.



