{"id":4287,"date":"2026-02-07T19:03:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T19:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/fr\/home\/congo-brazzaville-sassou-nguesso-candidat-a-la-presidentielle"},"modified":"2026-02-07T19:56:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T19:56:44","slug":"congo-brazzaville-sassou-nguesso-candidat-a-la-presidentielle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/fr\/politique\/congo-brazzaville-sassou-nguesso-candidat-a-la-presidentielle","title":{"rendered":"Congo-Brazzaville: Sassou Nguesso Candidat A\u0300 la Pre\u0301sidentielle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press. <\/strong> <\/span>Le pre\u0301sident de la Re\u0301publique du Congo-Brazzaville, Denis Sassou Nguesso, a\u0302ge\u0301 de 82 ans, a officiellement annonce\u0301 sa candidature a\u0300 l\u2019e\u0301lection pre\u0301sidentielle pre\u0301vue le 15 mars prochain. Cette annonce a e\u0301te\u0301 faite lors de sa visite a\u0300 Bambo Mingali, situe\u0301e a\u0300 environ 60 kilome\u0300tres au nord de la capitale Brazzaville, ou\u0300 il a inaugure\u0301 le premier grand salon agricole du pays.<\/p>\n<p>Dans son discours d\u2019ouverture, Sassou Nguesso a salue\u0301 les efforts des agriculteurs et des jeunes engage\u0301s dans la production agricole, louant leur courage et leur engagement, et affirmant que ce mouvement e\u0301tait appele\u0301 a\u0300 se de\u0301velopper.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab Je soutiendrai ce mouvement parce qu\u2019il va grandir&#8230; et pour cela, je serai candidat \u00bb, a-t-il de\u0301clare\u0301, indiquant clairement sa de\u0301cision de se pre\u0301senter a\u0300 l\u2019e\u0301lection avant la date limite de de\u0301po\u0302t des candidatures fixe\u0301e au 12 fe\u0301vrier.<\/p>\n<p>Le Parti congolais du travail (PCT), au pouvoir, l\u2019avait de\u0301ja\u0300 de\u0301signe\u0301 a\u0300 l\u2019unanimite\u0301 comme son candidat le 30 de\u0301cembre dernier, prolongeant ainsi un parcours politique de plus de quatre de\u0301cennies. Sassou Nguesso est arrive\u0301 au pouvoir pour la premie\u0300re fois en 1979 sous un re\u0301gime de parti unique, qu\u2019il a dirige\u0301 jusqu\u2019en 1992, avant de perdre lors des premie\u0300res e\u0301lections pluralistes. Il est revenu au pouvoir apre\u0300s la guerre civile de 1997, puis a remporte\u0301 les e\u0301lections de 2002 et 2009. En 2015, il a modifie\u0301 la Constitution afin de supprimer la limitation a\u0300 deux mandats pre\u0301sidentiels.<\/p>\n<p>L\u2019annonce de sa candidature a suscite\u0301 une vague de critiques sur la sce\u0300ne politique. Destin Gavet, candidat de 36 ans du Mouvement re\u0301publicain, a juge\u0301 inacceptable que Sassou Nguesso reste au pouvoir apre\u0300s 41 ans, de\u0301clarant: \u00ab Nous espe\u0301rions que la raison l\u2019emporterait&#8230; mais il a refuse\u0301 de quitter le pouvoir avec dignite\u0301. Nous le ferons donc partir par la porte de derrie\u0300re. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Dans le me\u0302me esprit, Cle\u0301ment Mierassa, pre\u0301sident du Parti social-de\u0301mocrate congolais et chef du Rassemblement des forces du changement, a conteste\u0301 la le\u0301gitimite\u0301 de la candidature, affirmant que le pre\u0301sident n\u2019a pas de\u0301clare\u0301 son patrimoine et qu\u2019il ne peut cumuler la pre\u0301sidence de l\u2019E\u0301tat et celle du parti. \u00ab Le pre\u0301sident ne respecte pas la loi&#8230; si la de\u0301mocratie fonctionnait correctement, il ne serait me\u0302me pas e\u0301ligible \u00bb, a-t-il ajoute\u0301.<\/p>\n<p>Le pays devrait de\u0301sormais connai\u0302tre une campagne e\u0301lectorale tendue, dans un contexte de forte polarisation politique et de revendications renouvele\u0301es en faveur de re\u0301formes de\u0301mocratiques plus profondes avant le scrutin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Retrouvez plus d\u2019actualit\u00e9s et d\u2019analyses sur <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">l\u2019Afrique<\/span> sur le site <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press. 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