Cameroon/November 6, 2018/@xtraconfl/201 views /Cameroon DR Congo opposition sets talks for naming election challenger – Journal du Camerounshare on:FacebookTwitter Google +Pinterest Tumblr Linked InEmailSend to Email Address:Your NameYour Email AddressEmail check failed, please try againCancel Published on 06.11.2018 at 14h54 by AFP Leaders of Democratic Republic of Congo’s divided opposition will meet in Geneva on Thursday to choose a joint candidate for the upcoming presidential elections, sources said on Tuesday. “All opposition heads will gather in Switzerland to attend a meeting to designate a joint candidate,” one of the challengers, Freddy Matungulu, told AFP. “The public has high expectations. We as a group cannot make any claim on winning the presidential elections unless we act together,” he said. ALSO READ Japanese Ambassador to Cameroon bids farewellPeter Kazadi, deputy chief of staff to leading opposition figure Felix Tshisekedi, said Tshisekedi would take part, and the meeting would probably last three days. The December 23 elections are critical for the future of the DRC, a sprawling, mineral-rich state that has never experienced a peaceful transition of power since it gained independence from Belgium in 1960. Twenty-one candidates are standing in the presidential vote, which will be combined with a parliamentary election and elections to the provincial assemblies. ALSO READ Topless, singing Serena sparks internet breast cancer stir At stake is who will succeed President Joseph Kabila, 47, who has been in power since 2001. His second and final elected term in office ended nearly two years ago, but he stayed in office thanks to a caretaker clause in the constitution. Months of speculation over Kabila’s intentions, marked by protests that were repressed at a cost of dozens of lives, ended in August when he threw his weight behind Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary, a hardline former interior minister and loyalist. ALSO READ Cameroon Elections - President Biya Set For Routine, If Pyrrhic, VictoryOn October 25, opposition parties agreed during talks in Johannesburg to name a unity candidate by November 15. One of the challenges facing them is to forge a joint stance on the use of electronic voting machines — a technology that some critics condemn as an invitation to electoral fraud. Leave A Comment Below Related Tags:Cameroon share on: FacebookTwitter Google +Pinterest Tumblr Linked InEmailSend to Email Address:Your NameYour Email AddressEmail check failed, please try againCancel previous articleNLC Calls Off Strike, New Minimum Wage Reachednext articleAmericans start voting in midterm verdict on Trump rule – Journal du CamerounRelated Posts22 shares Cameroon/February 10, 2019 Heartland Democrat Klobuchar set to join 2020 White House race – Journal du Cameroun24 shares Cameroon/February 10, 2019 Trading in Venezuela’s pain: Border vendors do brisk business in meds – Journal du CamerounLeading Zimbabwean cleric activist Mawarire granted bail – Journal du CamerounTorn over coal, German village struggles to heal – Journal du Cameroun17 dead as twin bombing hits southern Philippines church – Journal du CamerounKenya: Al-Shabaab militants attack Chinese construction company – Journal du CamerounCEMAC lost competitive positions internationally – BEAC – Journal du CamerounUganda, Kenya agree to enhance trade on Lake Victoria – Journal du CamerounCameroon: About 100 houses razed in Boko Haram attack in F/N region – Journal du CamerounGreek MPs to vote on Macedonia deal amid political turmoil – Journal du Cameroun