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"Yes" takes early lead in Congo referendum: UN radio
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| Contributor | Joshua L. |
| Last Edited | Joshua L. Dec 20, 2005 04:31pm |
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| News Date | Tuesday, December 20, 2005 06:50:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | KINSHASA (Reuters) - The "Yes" vote in Democratic Republic of Congo's referendum on a post-war constitution appeared to take an early lead on Tuesday, according to U.N. radio citing early returns from the ground-breaking poll.
Sunday's vote on whether to accept the proposed constitution was the first independent voting in the Congo for over 40 years, a period during which the vast central African country has suffered dictatorship, wars and chaos.
Adoption of the constitution is intended to pave the way for national elections next year, and President Joseph Kabila has warned its rejection would be disastrous for this process.
The U.N.'s Radio Okapi said the "Yes" vote had obtained more than 70 percent of the first 650,000 ballots counted -- which represented just 3 percent of the total cast.
"These figures need to be treated with caution but they point significantly toward a 'Yes' vote," Okapi reported on its Tuesday morning news.
"(We have) 72 percent for the 'Yes' and 16 percent for the 'No'," the radio said, adding the figures were collected by its journalists as early results were pinned up at voting stations.
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