Within the 500-member house 45 parties won one or more seats according to CENI but the boycott of the legislative polls by Martin Fayulu has depleted their numbers in parliament...

Félix Tshisekedi appears almost certain to be confirmed for a second term as President despite opposition protests about the conducting of the polls which saw Tshisekedi obtain 73% of the vote according to the Commission Électorale Nationale Indépendante ahead of business mogul-turned-politician Moïse Katumbi with 18% and Martin Fayulu with 5% on a turnout of more than 40% (AC Vol 64 No 20 Oppositionists vie for the presidency)...

The other two contenders are Martin Fayulu judged to have won the 2018 election according to data leaks from the electoral commission and Denis Mukwege a surgeon who has won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in war zones...

Former Katanga governor and mining mogul Moïse Katumbi and Martin Fayulu are emerging as the most viable challengers to President Félix Tshisekedi in elections due on 20 December...

Opposition leader Martin Fayulu has confirmed that he will contest presidential elections due in December paving the way for a contest that would repeat the line-up of the elections in 2019 which many independent observers judged him to have won...

Opposition leaders such as Martin Fayulu regarded by many as the rightful winner of the 2019 presidential election are seeking to make political capital out of the EACRF's unpopularity with civilians...