Citizen Rally (Republic of the Congo)

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The Citizen Rally (French : Rassemblement citoyen) is a political party in the Republic of the Congo. The party was founded in March 1998 [1] and its President is Claude Alphonse Nsilou, who has served in the government since 2002.

In the parliamentary election held on June 24 and August 5, 2007, the party won one out of 137 seats. [2] [3] Nsilou, who won in the second constituency of Bacongo (part of Brazzaville), was the only member of the RC to win a seat. [3]

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References

  1. Political Parties of the World (6th edition, 2005), ed. Bogdan Szajkowski, page 142.
  2. For detailed results see Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, 2007 and "L'alliance présidentielle occupe 125 des 137 sièges parlementaires", Xinhua, August 25, 2007 (in French).
  3. 1 2 "La liste complète des députés", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 11 August 2007 (in French). "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)