FILE PHOTO: Felix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo attends a news conference at the G20 Compact with Africa (CwA) meeting in Berlin, Germany, August 27, 2021. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi/File Photo
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's constitutional court on Tuesday swore in an electoral commission chief whose contested nomination threatens to weaken President Felix Tshisekedi's ruling coalition.
The country's religious groups, who are seen as impartial, are supposed to nominate the head of the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) by unanimous vote.
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