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The ruling party which has 101 seats (out of a total of 151) in the outgoing assembly, has fielded 127 candidates. It is only rivaled by the Pan-African Union for Social Democracy, the country's main opposition bloc, which has fielded 45 candidates for the legislative polls
The governing Congolese Labour Party (PCT) of President Denis Sassou Nguesso has already invested its candidates. It has 92 deputies out of 151 in the outgoing Assembly
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President Denis Sassou Nguesso in the March 21 vote, after rejecting the opposition's appeal. "On the final results of the election (...), the Constitutional Court has made the necessary rectifications and adjustments. The candidate Denis Sassou Nguesso, who won 88.40% of the presidential vote, has been declared elected," said Auguste Iloki, president of the country's highest judicial body. "The appeals for annulment and postponement of the presidential election" presented by Mathias Dzon, Jean-Jacques Serge Yhombi Opango and Christian Mozoma are deemed "inadmissible", he added. At the end of...
2021-04-07 05:31:16 GMT2021-04-07 13:31:16(Beijing Time) Xinhua English BRAZZAVILLE, April 7 (Xinhua) -- The Republic of the Congo's Constitutional Court on Tuesday confirmed the re-election of President Denis Sassou Nguesso after provisional results gave him victory in the central African country two weeks ago. Sassou NGuesso won with 88.4 percent of votes against 7.96 percent for Guy Brice Parfait Kolelas, and 1.92 percent for Mathias Dzon, according to the court. Overall, the voting took place without incidents in the country, announced the Interior Minister Raymond Mboulou on natio...