2007 Democratic Republic of the Congo gubernatorial elections

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Gubernatorial elections were held in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 27 January 2007 (with 30 January planned as a possible date for a second round, if necessary), though they were originally scheduled for 16 January and 19 January.[1] The governors and vice-governors were chosen through indirect election by the members of the provincial assemblies; the delay was a result of the difficulties in choosing traditional chiefs to fill the places reserved for them in the provincial assemblies.[2] The second round of voting would only have been necessary in those cases where no candidate had received an absolute majority in the first round, which was not the case anywhere. However, voting was rescheduled in Kasai-Occidental and Kasai-Oriental on 10 February to 15 February,[3][4] because the Union of the Nation candidates were disqualified because they held dual citizenship.

Elections were held only for the current eleven provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; once the reorganisation into twenty-six provinces has been passed into law in 2009, elections will be held for the fifteen new gubernatorial and vice-gubernatorial posts.[5]

Governors elected[]

Alliance Party Seats Provinces
Alliance of the Presidential Majority (AMP) People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (PPRD) 7 Bandundu, Kasai-Occidental, Katanga, Kinshasa, Maniema, Orientale, Sud-Kivu
Independents 2 Bas-Congo, Nord-Kivu
Forces for Renewal (FR) 1 Kasai-Oriental
Union for the Nation (UN) Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC) 1 Équateur
Total 11 (source1), (source2)

Both of the independents and the RCD governor are allied with Kabila, which means that the opposition managed to attain the post of governor in only one province.[6]

Province Governor Vice-Governor Party List of governors
Bandundu Richard Ndambu Wolang PPRD (AMP) List
Bas-Congo Simon Mbaki Batshia Independent (AMP) List
Équateur José Makila Sumanda MLC (UN) List
Kasai-Occidental Trésor Kapuku Ngoy PPRD (AMP) List
Kasai-Oriental Alphonse Ngoyi Kasanji Independent (AMP) List
Katanga Moïse Katumbi Chapwe PPRD (AMP) List
Kinshasa André Kimbuta Yango PPRD (AMP) List
Maniema PPRD (AMP) List
North Kivu Julien Paluku Kahongya RCD-K-ML (AMP) List
Orientale Médard Autsai Asenga PPRD (AMP) List
South Kivu Célestin Cibalonza Byaterana PPRD (AMP) List
Ituri Interim Administration Emmanuel Leku Apuobo
{Administrator)
Petronille Vaweka
(Chair of the Ituri Interim Assmebly)
(source)

Protests in Bas-Congo[]

In the province of Bas-Congo, the pro-government independent candidate, , won 15 votes against the opposition MLC candidate, Fuka Unzola, who obtained 14 votes. Opposition activists held protests alleging vote-buying and chanting "Congo can't be rebuilt on corruption". Clashes between the police and Bundu dia Kongo, an opposition secessionist religious group, lead to 134 deaths.[7][8] The results were annulled on 8 February by an appeals court,[9] but its findings were then overturned by the Constitutional Court of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 17 February 2007.[10]

See also[]

  • List of Provincial Governors of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

References[]

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