Ikhomishana yokhetho ihoxisa amavoti ababengenele ukhetho
Ikhomishana yokhetho eCongo ithe isiwahoxile amavoti abantu abangama-82 kwabayizi-101,000 abebengenele ukhetho ngoLwezi nyakenye ngezinsolo zokukhwabanisa nezinye izinkinga, phakathi kwezicelo ezintsha zamaqembu aphikisayo zokuthi kuphinde kuqalwe kabusha ukuvota.
Kulabo abahoxisiwe bahlanganisa abangenele kuzwelonke, izifundazwe nomasipala bendawo, imiphumela yayo esazoshicilelwa phakathi nokungaboni ngasolinye okhethweni lwangoZibandlela zingama-20 olusabisa ngokuqhubekisela phambili nokudicilela phansi iDemocratic Republic of Congo, engumkhiqizi ophambili we-cobalt kanye nezwe elengelesibili ngobukhulu e-Afrika.
Isitatimende sekomiti lokhetho i-CENI asizange sikhulume ngokhetho likamengameli nalo elenzeke ngoZibandlela zingama-20, okwanqoba kulo uMengameli uFelix Tshisekedi. Amaqembu aphikisayo ayiphikisa imiphumela phakathi kwezinsolo zokuthi kukhona okungahambi kahle okhethweni okubikwe ngabaqaphi babo nabazimele.
Ikhomishana ithe isiqale uphenyo ngemuva kokuvota ukuze kubhekwe “izenzo zodlame, ukucekelwa phansi kwempahla kanye nokucekelwa phansi kwempahla okwenziwa abathile ababengahlosile ukungenela ukhetho kubavoti, abasebenzi babo, impahla yabo kanye nezinsiza zokhetho.”
Lolu phenyo seluholele ekuhoxisweni kwamagama abantu abazongenela izishayamthetho abangama-82 kanjalo nokuchithwa ngokuphelele kokhetho kuzo zonke izigaba ezifundeni ezimbili kwezingama-484. Abanye abali-16 base bekhishiwe okhethweni ngenxa yezinkinga zokuphepha zendawo.
Ababusi bezifundazwe abane ababambile kanye nongqongqoshe bakahulumeni abathathu babalelwa kwabangama-82 abahoxisiwe. Isinyathelo se-CENI asizange sibathokozise abaphikisayo, iningi labo elisola ikhomishana ngokusiza ukuthi uTshisekedi anqobe ukhetho.
Ophikisana nomengameli uMartin Fayulu ngoMgqibelo uphinde wanxusa ukuthi kuhoxiswe imiphumela yokhetho futhi kuphinde kuvotwe kabusha – okuyisicelo iziphathimandla ezisichithile. “Sifuna ukhetho lwangempela,” kusho uFayulu esithangamini sabezindaba esiphikisayo, ecela i-African Union noma i-Southern African Development Community ukuthi “ibambe iqhaza ekuxazululeni lezi zinkinga”.
Ucele abalandeli ukuthi bakhombise ukumelana nalemphumela enezinsolo zokukhwabanisa, kodwa akazange acele ukuthi kube nemibhikisho eminingi yasemgwaqweni.
Uhulumeni kanye ne-CENI bathe ukhetho lwakamuva belukhululekile futhi lunobulungiswa naphezu kokungahambi kahle kwezinto ezithize, okuhlanganisa izikhungo zokuvota ezihlulekile ukuvulwa ngosuku lokhetho, izigameko zodlame, ukungasebenzi kahle kwemishini yokuvota kanye nezinye izithiyo eziholele ekwalulweni okungahleliwe kokuvota okusekelwe ngokomthetho okuthole ukugxekwa ngabathile.
