The president of the Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso, who has accumulated 36 years in power, will seek a fourth term in elections due next March, the country’s ruling coalition said on Thursday.
“Every party in the presidential majority opted, or will do so shortly, for President Sassou Nguesso’s candidacy,” said Pierre Moussa, acting chairman of the 17 parties in the coalition.
“The presidential majority believes that of all its leaders, it is President Sassou Nguesso who holds all the trump cards,” he told a press conference.
The Republic of Congo, also called Congo-Brazzaville, is an oil-rich neighbour of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Sassou Nguesso, 77, has cumulatively spent 36 years in power since he first became president in 1979, making him one of the longest-serving leaders in the world.
In 2015, the country staged a referendum on removing a 70-year age limit and a ban on presidents serving more than two terms
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