«Second elections are vital to consolidate democratic peace gains in the country, complete
a full electoral cycle and strengthen democratic institutions», says Thierry Vircoulon, the International Crisis Group's Africa Director, calling them the «ultimate test» for the DR Congo (cf ICG 2011).
This occurs successively over multiple
electoral cycles until all diversity and subtlety of opinion collapses into two parties - each
full of sweeping useless generalisations and ideological cant.