Congo Plans to Hold Presidential Elections in December 2018
- Vote will be held a year later than opposition has demanded
- U.S. has insisted elections take place no later than 2018
Commission Electorale Nationale Independante (CENI) headquarters in Kinshasa
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The Democratic Republic of Congo will hold delayed presidential elections on Dec. 23, 2018, the electoral commission said, a year later than opponents of President Joseph Kabila have demanded.
National and provincial parliamentary polls will take place on the same date, Independent Electoral Commission Rapporteur Jean-Pierre Kalamba told reporters Sunday in the capital, Kinshasa. A series of other votes including senatorial, gubernatorial and mayoral ballots will be held from March 2019 to January 2020, he said.