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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 March, these opponents had filed appeals against the landslide re-election in the first round of Mr. Sassou Nguesso who was credited with 88.57% of the vote, according to the provisional results.
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President Denis Sassou Nguesso speaks to reporters after voting outside the polling station in Brazzaville, Congo-Brazzaville, March 21, 2021. OLIVIA ACLAND / REUTERS
At 77, Denis Sassou Nguesso was definitively elected president of Congo-Brazzaville for a fourth term. A judgment of the Constitutional Court ruled
“Inadmissible” appeals from opponents calling for the cancellation of the ballot.
During the election campaign, Mr. Sassou Nguesso, who spent 36 years in power at the head of authoritarian regimes, placed peace, youth and agricultural development at the top of his priorities to get out of all oil. and dependence on imports. Read also Election in Congo-Brazzaville: Denis Sassou-Nguesso reelected without surprise with 88.57% of the vote