Opposition candidates last week suggested the government could have been behind the fire, to use as a pretext to again delay the vote. 'POLL POSTPONEMENT'Opposition candidates last week suggested the government could have been behind the fire, to use as a pretext to again delay the vote. CAMPAIGN VIOLENCEThe possible election postponement comes as problems have piled up ahead of the December 23 vote, with violence at electoral rallies, inter-ethnic conflict, militia attacks in the east and an Ebola outbreak. The pack is led by Kabila's hand-picked successor Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary, a hard line former interior minister linked to the crackdown, and opposition leaders Fayulu and Felix Tshisekedi. Fayulu, 62, was a little-known legislator from a minority party who was thrust into the limelight on November 11 when opposition leaders named him their choice as a consensus candidate.

Source: Daily Nation December 20, 2018 07:18 UTC