April 5, 2021 Share
Recently re-elected to office, President Denis Sassou Nguesso of the Republic of Congo (RoC), has been accused of electoral fraud and other irregularities by opposition and the African Union (AU) observers. The provisional results were declared on March 23, for the Presidential election held on March 21. Nguesso secured a landslide 88 percent margin of votes.
Denis Sassou Nguesso has held office for most part of Congo’s history. He has continued to hold the office of the President since 1997. Earlier, he stayed on as the President of One-Party System based political system in Congo from 1979 to 1992. In 1997, he returned to power on the back of second republic of the Congo Civil War. The passing of the new Constitution in 2015 allowed him to contest another term. He returned to power in 2016 with a majority, but that was also mired in protests.