General Right to
Vote
Constitution
(15 March 1992)
• Article 5 states: "Suffrage shall be universal, equal, secret,
free, and sincere. In the conditions determined by law and under the reserve
of provisions provided for in Articles 68 and 93, all Congolese nationals
of the two sexes, having attained eighteen years of age, in possession
of their civil and political rights shall be voters."
• Article 11 states: "The State assures equality to all citizens
before the law without discrimination of origin, social or material situation,
race, ethnicity, region, sex, education, language, attitude towards religious
philosophy, mode of residence. Respect is given to all rights and freedoms
with the limits of public order and morality."
• Article 31 states: "All discrimination grounded on race, sex,
physical state, origin, region, and ethnicity, ideology, religion, or
philosophy is deemed interdiction."
Poll Worker Manuals
(1997)
• Article 3.5.1.b. states: "All Congolese citizens, of both
sexes are authorized to vote…Those enjoying their political and civic
rights"
Specific Inclusion
of People with Disabilities
Constitution
(15 March 1992)
• Article 34 states: "People who are elderly or handicapped
have the rights to specific and measurements protected in connection with
their physical or moral needs."
• Article 51 states: "The State guarantees the rights of minorities."
Exclusion from
Public Office based on Disability
Constitution:
(15 March 1992)
• Under Article 68, section (2): "No one may be a candidate
for the Office of President of the Republic if he…is not in possession
of good physical and mental health."
Promotes Access
Poll Worker Manuals:
(1997)
• Article 31 states: "The identification card (for voting) are
given to the applicants at the time of the special administrative census.
People absent during the special census are to convene with the district
head office to carry out this formality."
