By RFI
The former military ruler, defeated 12 other candidates. Six of those had called for a boycott of the vote, insisting that it would be rigged, a chargedenied by government ministers.
Coming in a distant second place was independent candidate Joseph Kignoumbi Kia Mboungou with 7.5 per cent. Former Finance Minister Mathias Dzon, who was thought to be Nguesso’s main rival, took a mere 2.3 per cent.
Small teams of monitors from the African Union and the ten-nation Economic Community of Central African States gave the election of clear bill of health.
However, the non-governmental Congolese Observatory of Human Rightssaid the poll was marred by “fraud and irregularities.” Some of Nguesso’s opponents argue that only about ten per cent of voters actually cast their ballot.
The Territorial Administration Minister Raymond Mboulou said turnout was 66 per cent.
The opposition Party for Democratic Alternance tried to stage a protest march after the results were announced but were stopped by the police who said it had not been authorized.
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This is ridiculous, shameful, and outrageous: at the end of his new mandate, the man would have been at the helm of the Congo for 32 years--the same span as Mobutu's of neighboring other Congo! This is my fatwa: a Congolese patriot should put a bullet into this crazy man's head!
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