The National Democratic Institute (NDI) and CSIS Africa Program present:

Election Preparations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

With:

Reverend Daniel Mulunda-Nyanga
Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI)
Democratic Republic of Congo

Barrie Freeman
Deputy Regional Director, Central and West Africa
National Democratic Institute (NDI)

Daniel Laurent
Program Officer, Central Africa
International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES)
Additional Speakers TBD

Moderated by:

Jennifer Cooke
Director, CSIS Africa Program

Monday, May 16, 2011 1:00pm - 2:30pm
B1 Conference Level
CSIS 1800 K St. NW, Washington, DC 20006

In November 2011, the DRC is scheduled to hold multiparty elections for only the second time in five decades. The Reverend Daniel Mulunda-Nyanga, chairman of the DRC’s Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI), faces a tight timeline, substantial logistical hurdles, and a crowded field of challengers to incumbent Joseph Kabila. He provided an update on the CENI’s progress in organizing the vote, and outline the remaining challenges facing the commission in the months to come. Barrie Freeman provided context on the importance of these elections to the DRC's democratization process in light of political developments elsewhere on the continent, and Daniel Laurent discussed the civic and voter education activities of IFES.

Read the remarks by Barrie Freeman [2].

Watch the video of this event below.

Video streaming by Ustream [3]