Martin Fayulu

…groups initially united to back Martin Fayulu as their candidate, protests from supporters of Félix Tshisekedi—son of veteran opposition leader Étienne Tshisekedi, who had died in 2017—led Tshisekedi to withdraw his support from Fayulu and contest the election himself. Another opposition leader with broad support, Vital Kamerhe, did the same.

…the winner, followed closely by Martin Fayulu, another opposition candidate; Shadary came in third. The results, however, disagreed with a preelection poll, the tallies compiled by an election monitoring group, and leaked voting data, all of which showed Fayulu as being firmly in the lead. Fayulu and others accused Tshisekedi…

Martin Fayulu, of the Engagement for Citizenship and Development Party, was chosen. UDPS supporters were unhappy with the choice of Fayulu and protested against the decision, which led Tshisekedi to quickly withdraw from the Geneva agreement so he could run on his own ticket.