2007 Democratic Republic of the Congo gubernatorial elections

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.News: Great Lakes, DR Congo presidential loser to run for senate seat ReliefWeb 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.Congo delays vote for senators and governors https://web.archive.org/web/20071013074147/http://www.monuc.org/news.aspx?newsID=13551 2007-10-13 Monuc, 6 January 2007 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,http://allafrica.com/stories/200701300327.html 30 January 2007 Congo-Kinshasa: Governors And Vice Governors Elected for Nine Provinces allAfrica Eoin YoungCongo-Kinshasa: IEC - We Never Invalidated Any Candidatures, That's Not Our Job AllAfrica.com, 16 February 2007 because the Union of the Nation candidates were disqualified because they held dual citizenship. Governors elected AlliancePartySeatsProvinces 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 Total11(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.Congo-Kinshasa: Deux Kasaï, la descente aux enfers de l'UN! AllAfrica.com, 19 February 2007 fr Province Governor Vice-Governor Party List of governors Bandundu Richard Ndambu Wolang Vicky Mboso Muteba-Dialunda PPRD (AMP) List Bas-Congo Simon Mbaki Batshia Deo Gratias Nkusu Kunzi-Bikawa Independent (AMP) List Équateur José Makila Sumanda Ronsard Baende Iyetsi MLC (UN) List Kasai-Occidental Trésor Kapuku Ngoy Hubert Mbingo N'Vula PPRD (AMP) List Kasai-Oriental Alphonse Ngoyi Kasanji Bruno Kazadi Bukasa Independent (AMP) List Katanga Moïse Katumbi Chapwe Guilbert-Paul Yav Tshibal PPRD (AMP) List Kinshasa André Kimbuta Yango Clément Bafiba Zomba PPRD (AMP) List Maniema Didier Manara Linga Mendes Pierre Masudi PPRD (AMP) List North Kivu Julien Paluku Kahongya Feller Lutaichirwa Mulwahale RCD-K-ML (AMP) List Orientale Médard Autsai Asenga Joseph Bangakya Angaze PPRD (AMP) List South Kivu Célestin Cibalonza Byaterana Léon Mumate Nyamatomwa PPRD (AMP) List Ituri Interim Administration Emmanuel Leku Apuobo{Administrator) Petronille Vaweka(Chair of the Ituri Interim Assembly) (source) Protests in Bas-Congo In the province of Bas-Congo, the pro-government independent candidate, Simon Mbatshi, 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.UN calls for DR Congo death probe https://web.archive.org/web/20071013074444/http://www.monuc.org/news.aspx?newsID=13805 2007-10-13 Monuc, 8 February 2007Congo sect in deadly poll clashes BBC News, 2 February 2007 The results were annulled on 8 February by an appeals court,Bas-Congo Appeals Court Orders a Second Round of Governor Elections AllAfrica.com, 8 February 2007 but its findings were then overturned by the Constitutional Court of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 17 February 2007.DRC Supreme Court upholds election of Bas-Congo governor Xinhua, 17 February 2007 See also List of Provincial Governors of the Democratic Republic of the Congo References Congo, Democratic Republic of the Gubernatorial Gubernatorial elections 2007 Gubernatorial Category:January 2007 in Africa Category:January 2007 elections Category:February 2007 elections