The Citizen Rally (french: Rassemblement citoyen) is a
political party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...
in the
Republic of the Congo. The party was founded in March 1998 and its President is
Claude Alphonse Nsilou Claude Alphonse Nsilou (born 1954"Nsilou Claude Alphonse", ''Congo Brazzaville: Les Hommes de Pouvoir n°1''Africa Intelligence 29 October 2002 .) is a Congolese politician who has served in the government of Congo-Brazzaville as Minister of Trade ...
, who has served in the government since 2002.
In the
parliamentary election
A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...
held on June 24 and August 5, 2007, the party won one out of 137 seats.
[For detailed results see ]Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, 2007
Parliamentary elections were held in the Republic of the Congo on 24 June 2007, with a second round initially planned for 22 July 2007, but then postponed to 5 August 2007. According to the National Commission of the Organization of the Elections ...
an
"L'alliance présidentielle occupe 125 des 137 sièges parlementaires"
Xinhua, August 25, 2007 .["La liste complète des députés", ''Les Dépêches de Brazzaville'', 11 August 2007 . ] Nsilou, who won in the second constituency of
Bacongo (part of
Brazzaville), was the only member of the RC to win a seat.
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References
Political parties in the Republic of the Congo
Political parties established in 1998
1998 establishments in the Republic of the Congo
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