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<p>A statement by the Committee of the National Episcopal Conference of the Congo
(CENCO) on 10 January confirmed that CENCO deployed 40,000 observers for the 30 December
elections, in all voting centres across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
They reported that the provisional results announced by the electoral commission (CENI)
were not in line with the data collected by their observation mission.</p><p>As the
Foreign Secretary said on 10 January, we are very concerned about disparities in the
presidential and parliamentary election results. At the UN Security Council on 11
January, we called on CENCO and CENI to give further detail of their results data
and analysis. It is crucial that the democratic will of the Congolese people is respected.
Peaceful, fair and credible democratic processes are vital to creating a prosperous
DRC.</p>
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