Brazzaville - The Democratic Republic of Congo's presidential election will be held in July 2009, a government minister told reporters on Wednesday, saying his government was conducting a "revision of electoral lists".
"You just have to look at the constitution: the presidential election will be held in July," Raymon Mboulou, Congolese Minister of Territory Administration said, setting a January 15 deadline for revision of the lists.
President Denis Sassou Nguesso, who began a seven-year term in 2002, is widely expected to run for the presidency again, although he has not yet been listed as an official candidate.
Legislative elections were last held in 2007, marked by irregularities and allegations of fraud, were contested by African Union observers and opposition parties. - Sapa-AFP