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June 13, 2019
TheDemocratic Republic of Congo’s constitutional court has disqualified 23opposition MPs who were elected in December.
Atotal 33 MPs were invalidated by the court.
Itdid not disclose its reasons, but the court is meant to make judgements onvotes recounted after complaints, our correspondent reports.
BloombergNews reports that six out of the nine judges that made the decision werenominated while former President Joseph Kabila was in power.
Itadds that the opposition alliance, known as Lamuka, has suspended itsparticipation in parliament, saying that the rule of law has been“assassinated”.
InJanuary, opposition candidate Felix Tshisekedi was sworn in after winning thepresidential election.
Atthe time he denied accusations that the election was fixed and that he had madea power-sharing deal with the outgoing president.
KenyanMP Rashid Kassim has been arrested over an alleged assault of colleague FatumaGedi, who sits on the budget committee.