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- Former president of the Congolese opposition federation Claudine Munari beat PCT Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises Jacqueline Lydia Mikolo in the recent legislative election held in the central African Republic.
Former president of the Congolese opposition federation Claudine Munari beat PCT Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises Jacqueline Lydia Mikolo in the recent legislative election held in the central African Republic..
Voters in the Republic of Congo were voting Sunday to choose 50 candidates in 25 constituencies in the second round of legislative elections. Opposition groups in the country, which is also known as Congo-Brazzaville, had denounced the results of the first round as fraudulent.
The Congolese Labour Party (PCT) of President Denis Sassou Nguesso won the first round of voting on July 10, taking 102 of the 151 seats in the national assembly. It still has 14 candidates in a run-off vote.
The Union of Humanist Democrats (UDH-YUKi) of the late opposition leader Guy-Brice Parfait Kolelas won seven seats in the new National Assembly, the same number of elected officials as the Pan-African Union for Social Democracy (UPADS), previously the largest opposition party.
During the electoral process, “peace, serenity and national cohesion have been preserved,” said Guy-Georges Mbaka, minister in charge of elections. The Congolese National Assembly is due to elect a bureau in the next few days while a technical reshuffle of the government is planned, according to government sources.
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The PCT is followed by the Pan-African Union for Social Democracy (UPADS), the main opposition force, which has four deputies and four of its candidates are in the run-off.
The Union of Humanist Democrats (UDH-Yuki) of the late opposition leader Guy-Brice Parfait Kolelas was able to get three candidates elected in the first round.
