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December’s general elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo unfolded as many had predicted. Election day was so chaotic that it stretched into election days, irregularities abounded, the opposition and observer groups cried foul, and incumbent President Felix Tshisekedi was preliminarily declared the winner (the Constitutional Court is expected to confirm this result on January 10). It is customary to congratulate other countries on the conduct of elections. But with over a billion dollars devoted to such a deeply flawed process, Congolese citizens don’t have much to celebrate.