CNN: Congo presidential runner-up rejects court ruling and declares himself president-elect
(CNN)Democratic Republic of Congo opposition leader Martin Fayulu rejected a court ruling Saturday that upheld his defeat in the country's presidential election, instead declaring himself president-elect.
"I am now considering myself as the sole legitimate President of the Democratic Republic of Congo," Fayulu said in a statement. "As such, I ask the Congolese people not to recognize any individual who would claim this authority illegitimately nor to obey any orders that would emanate from such a person."
Fayulu suffered defeat earlier this month when Congo's electoral commission announced that another opposition leader, Felix Tshisekedi, had won the December 30 vote.
However Fayulu -- as well as the country's Catholic Church -- rejected the election results, saying they did not reflect the data collected by observers.
The former oil executive had been widely expected to win the election, which was seen as a test of whether the Central African nation could transition into a democracy.
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