René-Dambert Ndouane Explained

René-Dambert Ndouane is a Congolese politician who served in the government of Congo-Brazzaville as Minister of Tourism from 1997 to 1999 and as Minister of Labour from 1999 to 2002. He was Second Vice-President of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2007 and First Vice-President of the National Assembly from 2012 to 2017.

Political career

After Denis Sassou Nguesso returned to power at the conclusion of the June - October 1997 civil war, he appointed Ndouane to the government as Minister of Tourism and the Environment on 2 November 1997.[1] [2] Ndouane was moved to the post of Minister of Labour and Social Security on 12 January 1999.[3] He opened a regional directorate of the Civil Servant Retirement Fund at Ouesso on 31 May 2000.[4]

In the May - June 2002 parliamentary election, Ndouane was elected to the National Assembly as the candidate of the Congolese Labour Party (PCT) in Sembé constituency, located in Sangha Region; he won the seat in the first round, receiving 54.41% of the vote.[5] When the National Assembly began meeting, Ndouane was elected as Second Vice-President of the National Assembly on 10 August 2002;[6] André Okombi Salissa was appointed to replace him as Minister of Labour on 18 August 2002.[7] In the National Assembly, Ndouane was also assigned responsibility for handling inter-parliamentary relations with the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States and the European Union on 23 August 2002.[8] He was succeeded by Okombi Salissa at the Ministry of Labour on 26 August 2002.[9]

In the June - August 2007 parliamentary election, Ndouane stood for re-election as the PCT candidate in Sembé; he faced Norbert Constant Zaba, who was also a PCT member but stood in the election as an independent candidate. Ndouane placed first in the first round of voting, receiving 40.99% of the vote against 32.44% for Zaba; however, Zaba defeated Ndouane in the second round,[10] receiving 55.70% of the vote.[11] Some believed that the official result was fraudulent;[12] [13] Ndouane argued that the official result declared by the Ministry of Territorial Administration was based on incomplete and false information, and a report of the results given by an official at the Sangha electoral commission showed Ndouane as the winner, with 53.56% of the vote.[13] Ndouane appealed to the Constitutional Court, but his appeal was rejected on 26 October 2007.[14]

At the PCT's Sixth Extraordinary Congress, held in July 2011, Ndouane was elected to the PCT's 471-member Central Committee[15] and designated as a member of the PCT's National Control and Evaluation Commission.[15] [16]

After five years out of the National Assembly, Ndouane stood again as the PCT's candidate for Sembé constituency in the July - August 2012 parliamentary election; he won the seat in the first round of voting,[17] [18] receiving 84.79% of the vote.[18] On 5 September 2012, when the deputies met to choose the members of the National Assembly's bureau for the new parliamentary term, Ndouane was elected as First Vice-President of the National Assembly; he received 132 votes from the 138 deputies who voted.[19]

Ndouane met with a delegation from the United Nations Development Programme on 2 August 2013 for a discussion about renewable energy.[20] He met with the visiting Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Ali Larijani, on 8 March 2014 to discuss cooperation between Congo-Brazzaville and Iran.[21]

In the July 2017 parliamentary election, Ndouane stood for re-election as the PCT candidate in Sembe. He placed second, with 36% of the vote, in the first round of voting, behind PCAP candidate Joseph Bembi Membo, who received 40%.[22] [23] He won the seat in the second round of voting.[24] Nevertheless, he did not receive a post in the Bureau of the National Assembly when the legislature began meeting for the new parliamentary term on 19 August 2017.[25] [26]

Notes and References

  1. Emmanuel Okamba, La gouvernance, une affaire de société: Analyse mythiumétrique de la performance (2010), L'Harmattan, page 176 .
  2. Paul Soni-Benga, Les dessous de la guerre du Congo-Brazzaville (1998), L'Harmattan, page 275 .
  3. http://www.brazzaville-adiac.com/depeches/archives/actualites/199901/19990113_01.htm "Le nouveau gouvernement du Congo"
  4. Serges Ikiemi, Le système bancaire du Congo-Brazzaville: Organisation et perspectives (2006), L'Harmattan, page 61 .
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20120209085235/http://www.brazzaville-adiac.com/index.php?action=depeche&dep_id=936&oldaction=liste&regpay_id=0&them_id=0&cat_id=1&ss_cat_id=0&LISTE_FROM=60&select_month=06&select_year=2002 "Elections législatives : les 51 élus du premier tour"
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20120311081318/http://www.brazzaville-adiac.com/index.php?action=depeche&dep_id=1387&oldaction=liste&regpay_id=0&them_id=0&cat_id=0&ss_cat_id=0&LISTE_FROM=0&select_month=08&select_year=2002 "Jean-Pierre Thystère-Tchikaya élu président de l’Assemblée nationale"
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20120528210822/http://www.brazzaville-adiac.com/index.php?action=depeche&dep_id=1420&oldaction=liste&regpay_id=0&them_id=0&cat_id=0&ss_cat_id=0&LISTE_FROM=60&select_month=0&select_year=0 "La composition du nouveau gouvernement congolais"
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20120311075609/http://www.brazzaville-adiac.com/index.php?action=depeche&dep_id=1477&oldaction=liste&regpay_id=0&them_id=0&cat_id=0&ss_cat_id=0&LISTE_FROM=0&select_month=08&select_year=2002 "Assemblée nationale : mise en place des bureaux des commissions permanentes et clôture de la session inaugurale"
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20120226065232/http://www.brazzaville-adiac.com/index.php?action=depeche&dep_id=1492&oldaction=liste&regpay_id=0&them_id=0&cat_id=1&ss_cat_id=0&LISTE_FROM=40&select_month=0&select_year=0 "Le nouveau ministre du Travail prend officiellement ses fonctions"
  10. Etanislas Ngodi, Enjeu électoral et recomposition politique au Congo-Brazzaville (2009), L'Harmattan, page 284 .
  11. "Les résultats des élections législatives, avant l'examen des contentieux électoraux", La Semaine Africaine, number 2,720, 21 August 2007, page 7 .
  12. Michel-Ange Tsiba, Pourquoi la violence refuse l'état et la république au Congo Brazzaville: le processus démocratique liquidé (2009), Publibook, page 56, note 45 .
  13. J.C. Ossengue, "Circonscription de Sembé (département de la Sangha): Deuxième tour des élections législatives 2007: la victoire volée de Dambert René Ndouane", La Semaine Africaine, number 2721, 24 August 2007, page 6 .
  14. https://web.archive.org/web/20120209085210/http://www.brazzaville-adiac.com/index.php?action=depeche&dep_id=18980&oldaction=liste&regpay_id=0&them_id=0&cat_id=1&ss_cat_id=0&LISTE_FROM=0&select_month=10&select_year=2007 "Verdict de la Cour constitutionnelle : reprise du scrutin législatif dans quatre circonscriptions électorales"
  15. http://www.brazzaville-adiac.com/medias/dossiertele/PDF1294.pdf "Membres de comité central du PCT élus par le VIe congrés"
  16. Joël Nsoni, "Denis Sassou Nguesso aux congressistes du P.c.t : «Les élections ne se gagnent pas dans les bureaux. Elles se gagnent sur le terrain»", La Semaine Africaine, 30 July 2011 .
  17. http://www.brazzaville-adiac.com/medias/dossiertele/PDF1539.pdf "Liste des élus au premier tour"
  18. http://lasemaineafricaine.net/index.php/national/4244-resultats-du-premier-tour-des-elections-legislatives-2012 "Résultats du premier tour des élections législatives 2012"
  19. http://www.brazzaville-adiac.com/medias/dossiertele/PDF1570.pdf "Assemblée nationale: Justin Koumba veut des réformes en matière de gouvernance"
  20. Jean-Jacques Koubemba, "Parlement congolais : Dambert René Ndouane reçoit une délégation du Pnud et une délégation chinoise", ADIAC, 3 August 2013 .
  21. Josiane Mambou Loukoula, "Coopération : un groupe d’amitié Congo-Iran s'est constitué", ADIAC, 10 March 2014 .
  22. Roger Ngombé, "Les grands duels du second tour des élections législatives 2017", ADIAC, 25 July 2017 .
  23. http://lasemaineafricaine.net/images/pdf/3711.pdf "Les résultats tels que publiés par le ministre de l’intérieur et de la décentralisation"
  24. "Les résultats du second tour", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 4 August 2017, page 3 .
  25. Bertrand Boukaka, "Congo – Assemblée Nationale : Isidore Mvouba accède au perchoir", Les Echos du Congo Brazzaville, 19 August 2017 .
  26. Firmin Oyé, "Parlement : Isidore Mvouba élu président de l’Assemblée nationale", ADIAC, 20 August 2017 .

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