Martin Fayulu

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Martin Fayulu (2018)

Martin Madidi Fayulu (born November 21, 1956 in Léopoldville , Belgian Congo ; according to other information Martin Fayulu Madidi ) is a politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo . He was a candidate for the opposition alliance Lamuka ( Lingala ; German for " stand up") in the 2018 presidential election . According to the electoral commission, he was defeated by Félix Tshisekedi , whereas leaked figures from this commission and information from election observers showed that Fayulus won.

Life

Fayulu studied economics and business administration in France at the University of Paris XII and the Institut supérieur de gestion as well as the European University of America in San Francisco in the United States . He earned a Master of Business Administration . Fayulu joined Mobil in 1984 , worked in numerous countries and eventually became General Manager of Exxon Mobil in Ethiopia . At the beginning of the 1990s he was politically active for the first time in his home country: from 1990 he was president of the movement Forum de la Démocratie et le Développement (FDD; German for example: "Forum for Democracy and Development"), in 1991 he took part in a national conference that was directed against the then ruler Mobutu Sese Seko . In 1993 he was elected to the high council of the then transitional parliament. In 2003 he left the oil company and began his real political career. In the 2006 elections he was first in the National Assembly elected. His party Engagement pour la Citoyenneté et le Développement (ECiDé; German for example: “Engagement for Citizenship and Development”), founded in 2009, had three MPs after the 2011 elections . In 2016 he was grazed with a bullet in the head during protests against President Joseph Kabila ; 17 demonstrators were shot dead.

On November 11, 2018, several opposition politicians, including Fayulu, Félix Tshisekedi and Vital Kamerhe , decided at a conference in Geneva that Fayulu should run as their joint candidate against the candidate of the previous ruler, Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary . The following day, Tshisekedi and Kamerhe revoked the agreement because they believed Fayulu had too little political experience and formed their own alliance. However, Fayulu was supported by the influential politicians Moïse Katumbi and Jean-Pierre Bemba , whose candidacies had not been accepted.

Fayulu was prevented several times by the police and administration from holding election campaign appearances. He is considered a good speaker and a sharp critic of President Joseph Kabila, who will rule until 2019.

According to the electoral commission, Fayulu achieved 34.8% in the presidential election, second place after Félix Tshisekedi. However, he saw himself as the rightful winner and spoke of an "election coup". Two sources support Fayulu's information: The leaked detailed figures from the electoral commission, which are available to the Financial Times, are said to show 59.4% of the votes for Fayulu, ahead of Tshisekedi in second place with 19%. The figures that the around 42,000 election observers of the Catholic Church have compiled in a little more than 70% of the election offices speak of around 62.8% for Fayulu. Fayulu sued the Constitutional Court against the result; however, on January 20, the Constitutional Court dismissed his complaint. He did not provide sufficient evidence of irregularities. Fayulu then proclaimed himself the "only legitimate" president and called on his supporters to demonstrate peacefully; However, there were largely no protests. He won a seat in the National Assembly, but resigned it in March 2019. In the same month, Lamuka, led by Fayulus, met in Brussels to discuss how to proceed.

Fayulu's mother tongue is Lingala. He is married to Esther Ndengue Fayulu from Cameroon , with whom he has three children.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lamuka fr.glosbe.com, accessed December 23, 2018
  2. ↑ a b Une fuite de données désigne Fayulu comme gagnant des élections avec une large avance. La Libre Belgique (French), January 15, 2019
  3. ↑ a b c d Martin Fayulu: DRC's fiery opposition pick. news24.com of December 17, 2018 (English), accessed December 22, 2018
  4. ↑ a b c Dickens Olewe: DR Congo election: Martin Fayulu's ambition to be president. bbc.com dated December 19, 2018, accessed December 23, 2018
  5. ^ Elections in the Congo: "I am the rightful candidate of the opposition". dw.com on November 23, 2018, accessed December 20, 2018
  6. ^ Joan Tilouine: Elections en RDC: le difficile retour de Martin Fayulu à Kinshasa. lemonde.fr of December 20, 2018 (French), accessed on December 23, 2018
  7. ↑ UN Secretary General warns of violence in the Congo. dtoday.de from January 10, 2019, accessed on January 10, 2019
  8. ↑ DR Congo top court upholds Tshisekedi presidential election win. france24.com from January 20, 2019 (French), accessed January 20, 2019
  9. ↑ Fayulu at twitter.com (English, French), accessed January 20, 2019
  10. ^ Congo: Felix Tshisekedi sworn in as president. dw.com from January 24, 2019 (English), accessed on January 24, 2019
  11. ↑ National Assembly: Martin Fayulu cède son siège à sa suppléante. digitalcongo.net of March 7, 2019 (French), accessed on March 26, 2019
  12. ↑ Wendy Bashi: Martin Fayulu: “We don't take a dirty hand.” Dw.com March 26, 2019, accessed March 26, 2019
  13. ↑ Serge Nkepseu: Une camerounaise en course pour la place de 1ere dame. journalducameroun.com of December 20, 2018 (French), accessed January 5, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Fayulu, Martin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fayulu, Martin Madidi; Fayulu Madidi; Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Congolese businessman and politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 21, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Léopoldville , Belgian Congo