Joseph Tsalabiendzé is a Congolese politician who has served in the

National Assembly of Congo-Brazzaville The National Assembly (french: Assemblée nationale) is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of the Republic of the Congo. It has 151 members, elected for five-year terms in single-seat constituencies. Colonial elections * 1946–47 ...

since 2012.

Life and career

In the July–August 2012 parliamentary election, Tsalabiendzé stood as an

independent candidate An independent or non-partisan politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent. Some politicians have political views th ...

in Mossendjo, a constituency in

Niari Department Niari (can also be written as ''Niadi'') is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the western part of the country. It borders the departments of Bouenza, Kouilou, and Lékoumou, and internationally, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of th ...

. In the first round of voting, he placed first with 22.12% of the vote, ahead of the incumbent deputy,

Lamyr Nguélé Lamyr Nguélé is a Republic of the Congo, Congolese politician. He served in the government of Congo-Brazzaville as Minister-Delegate in charge of Land reform, Land Reform from 2002 to 2005 and then as Minister of Land Reform from 2005 to 2009. S ...

, who was standing as the candidate of the

Congolese Labour Party The Congolese Party of Labour (french: Parti congolais du travail, PCT) is the ruling party of the Republic of the Congo. Founded in 1969 by Marien Ngouabi, it was originally a pro-Soviet, Marxism–Leninism, Marxist–Leninist vanguard party w ...

(PCT) and received 21.89%. He easily defeated Nguélé in the second round of voting, receiving 70.37% of the vote. After the Minister of Finance, Gilbert Ondongo, presented the proposed 2014 budget to the National Assembly, Tsalabiendzé and two other independent deputies, Anicet Gomas and José Cyr Ebina, held a press conference on 12 November 2013 to express disappointment in the government's failure to begin work on the projects planned for their constituencies in the 2013 budget. They complained that they had gone to their constituents touting these projects and did not know how they could explain the lack of progress to their constituents. Pascal Azad Doko
"Assemblée nationale : Trois députés indépendants indignés par la non-exécution du budget d’investissement 2013 dans leurs circonscriptions"
''La Semaine Africaine'', 22 November 2013 .

References

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