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Congolese Labour Party
The Congolese Party of Labor (Parti congolais du Travail , PCT ), founded in 1969 by Marien Ngouabi , is the ruling political party of the Republic of the Congo . It was originally a Marxist-Leninist pro-Soviet party, but moved towards a less radical left wing stance in the early 1990s.
Denis Sassou-Nguesso , presidential candidate of both the Congolese Party of Labour and the United Democratic Forces , won the presidential elections of March 10 , 2002 with 89.4% of the vote. The party won 53 out of 137 seats in the National Assembly in the parliamentary election held on May 26 and June 23 , 2002 .
At the party's Fifth Extraordinary Congress in December 2006, Sassou-Nguesso was re-elected as President of the Central Committee of the PCT and Ambroise Noumazalaye was re-elected as Secretary-General of the PCT.[1] [2] Isidore Mvouba became Interim Secretary-General of the PCT.[3]
In the parliamentary election held on June 24 and August 5 , 2007 , the PCT won 46 seats; along with its allies, it won a majority of 125 out of 137 seats.
References
^ "Denis Sassou Nguesso reconduit à la tête du comité central du Parti congolais du travail" , Les Dépêches de Brazzaville , December 30, 2006 (French) .^ "Le président du Sénat, Ambroise Edouard Noumazalay est décédé à Paris" , Les Dépêches de Brazzaville , November 18, 2007 (French) .^ "La dépouille mortelle du président du Sénat attendue le 23 novembre à Brazzaville" , Les Dépêches de Brazzaville , November 22, 2007 (French) .
