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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.
Congo's constitutional court on Tuesday upheld the results of last month's election that declared President Felix Tshisekedi the winner, rejecting a petition by an opposition candidate to annul ...
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
A Constitutional Act was promulgated in May 1997; draft constitution was proposed but not finalized in March 1998. From April 2, 2003, the country was under a Transition Constitution, which was established as a result of the 2002 Global and Inclusive Agreement of Sun City, South Africa that ended the Second Congo War. This document was in ...
Congo's election commission said on Sunday that Tshisekedi had secured more than 73% of the vote in the Dec. 20 election, versus roughly 18% for his nearest challenger, businessman Moise Katumbi.
The Court of Cassation (French: Cour de cassation) is the main court of last resort in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [1] It has its seat in the Kinshasa Palace of Justice. The Court judges final appeals with respect to the "normal" system of justice, excluding cases of administrative justice, which go before the Conseil d'État.
The Dec. 30 election was meant to lead to Congo's first democratic handover of power since independence from Belgium in 1960. The second-place finisher, former Exxon Mobil executive Martin Fayulu ...
Republic of the Congo (1960–1971) 1: Joseph Kasa-Vubu (1910–1969) 1960: 1 July 1960 24 November 1965 (Deposed in a coup) 5 years, 146 days ABAKO: 2: Joseph-Désiré Mobutu (1930–1997) — 24 November 1965 27 October 1971 [2] 5 years, 337 days Military (until 1967) 1970: MPR: Republic of Zaire (1971–1997) (2) Mobutu Sese Seko (1930 ...