DR Congo's election observer not satisfied by 'shortcomings' in vote counting

An observer mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo's presidential election said on Tuesday it had witnessed 52 "major" irregularities in the 101 vote-counting centres it observed, including people tampering with results. There are 179 counting centres currently tallying the vote across Congo. The report from Congo-based SYMOCEL said 16 per cent of vote counting centres it had observed relied on tallies transmitted by voting machines instead of hand-counted tallies as required by law. It also said 92 per cent of the vote-counting centres it had observed did not post vote tally sheets outside as required by law. 

(With inputs from agencies.)