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The chief court is the Supreme Court. In addition, Congo has a Constitutional Court which rules on constitutional matters. Congo is divided into 12 départements (counties or regions), each of which has its own local council. The old and new constitutions both reference several important texts with reference to basic human rights: The UN Charter
The Congo was renamed Zaire in 1971, and a new constitution was adopted in August 1974. It concentrated virtually all power in the hands of President Mobutu Sese Seko. This document was revised on February 15, 1978, and amended on July 5, 1990. A transitional constitution was then promulgated in April 1994.
[32] [33] [34] The river was known as Zaire during the 16th and 17th centuries; Congo seems to have replaced Zaire gradually in English usage during the 18th century, and Congo is the preferred English name in 19th-century literature, although references to Zaire as the name used by the natives (i.e., derived from Portuguese usage) remained ...
During these reforms, Middle Congo became known as the Republic of the Congo in 1958 [21] and published its first constitution in 1959. [27] Antagonism between the Mbochis (who favored Jacques Opangault ) and the Laris and Kongos (who favored Fulbert Youlou , the first black mayor elected in French Equatorial Africa) resulted in a series of ...
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The Luluabourg Constitution (French: Constitution de Luluabourg) was the second constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Functional from 1 August 1964 until November 1965, it was meant to replace the basic law ( Loi Fondamentale ) that had been provisionally enacted when independence was declared in 1960.
A new constitution was promulgated in 1963 to establish a parliamentary government with a presidential style system. [82] In 1968 a coup d'état led to adoption of a socialist constitution and the country was renamed as the People's Republic of the Congo in 1969. [79] [87]
The Constitutional Court (French: Cour Constitutionnelle) was established by the Constitution of the Third Republic on 18 February 2006 as the highest constitutional authority in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its role is to ensure the constitutionality of laws and statues created by government officials and organizations.