The Kinshasa government says the church has broken the law by making this assertion ahead of provisional results from the electoral commission known as CENI.

The DRC government slams yesterday’s call by the Catholic church to release the results of the election in the name of truth and justice.

It accuses the church of being irresponsible and anarchist.

CENI is scheduled to release provisional results tomorrow.

However, it says the tardy flow of information from polling stations will probably delay this.

The United States and the European Union have called for the early announcement of accurate results.

Detractors accuse outgoing President Joseph Kabila of being reluctant to accept the electoral defeat of his hand-picked successor Emmanuel Shadary by either Martin Fayulu or Felix Tshisekedi   

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Election observers are complaining  that they are being denied access to the count.

The diplomatic note to President Joseph Kabila was delivered by Britain’s Ambassador to Kinshasa.

The European Union’s chief envoy has been expelled from the DRC.

The United States, Canada and Switzerland have joined the call on the DRC government to abandon its plan to block social media until interim election results are published on Sunday.

Unofficial results after three days of counting shows ruling alliance candidate Emmanuel Shadary trailing opposition runners Felix Tshisekedi and Martin Fayulu.

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