By Gwinyayi A. Dzinesa and Joyce Laker. Centre for Conflict Resolution, April 2010.
The DRC is governed by multiple, weak, and parallel structures that lack a clear vision of peacebuilding. Additionally, no institution is equipped or mandated to deal effectively with potential election-related instability, raising the prospects that upcoming polls could plunge the country into political uncertainty. Within an overall peacebuilding program that prioritizes societal transformation and positive relations between the state and its citizens, the DRC government must build an effective, independent, and professional electoral commission that can promote democratic, inclusive, and competent political contestation.
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