Congolese Labour Party
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The Congolese Labour Party (Parti congolais du Travail), founded in 1969 by Marien Ngouabi, is the ruling political party of the Republic of the Congo. It was originally a pro-Soviet party, but moved towards capitalism during the first administration of Denis Sassou-Nguesso (1979-1992). Denis Sassou-Nguesso, presidential candidate of both the Congolese Labour Party and the United Democratic Forces won the presidential elections of 10 March 2002 with 89.4 %. The party won at the legislative elections of 26 May and 20 June 2002 53 out of 153 seats.
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