"The dark tricks of Catholic Church in the electoral process revealed", Congolese News Agency (ACP) reported. This agency which reconsiders the polemic around the number of observers accredited by the catholic Church notes that "the independent national electoral Commission (CENI) had only granted the national episcopal conference of Congo (CENCO) 17,000 accreditations for its observers to deploy on the ground on last 30 December", quoting a source close to the CENI.

LA PROSPERITE evoking the same subject mentions on its front page:"17,000 or 40,000 observers, CENCO: the figures make polemic ".The newspaper puts the question to know which CENCO and CENI says true? The colleague estimates that "if such a debate on the figures can be trivial … the analysts note that it remains significant for the continuation of the events in terms of credibility or not of the electoral process".

L’AVENIR, for its part, publishes:"the FCC asserts the victory of Shadary ".

The Common front of Congo (FCC) asserts the victory of its champion, writes this daily newspaper which quotes the platform in the power. The FCC "says to be based on the objective information brought back by approximately 1 million of the witnesses deployed on the whole of the national territory and which indicate that the tendencies in favour of Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary are irreversible; so that it is him the winner of presidential election ", L’AVENIR points out

LE POTENTIEL, as for him, tackles on the delay in the publication of the results and reveals: "Elections of December 30, 2018: stakes of an examination which takes time". Initially scheduled for January 6, 2019, the publication of the provisional results of presidential of December 30, 2018 is deferred to unknown date, this newspaper mentioned. "Within the CENI, one covers itself behind the operations of compilation which imply, according to its president, a manual counting.

What, in his opinion, would justify the slip of his refitted calendar of December 21, 2018 ", notes the newspaper. Before adding that "in the content, it is rather the FCC which dictates the rhythm of work to the CENI, while waiting to find sesame to have the control of the National Assembly…"

(CKS/Yes)