The National Transition Council of Congo (

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''Conseil national de transition'') was a political body in the

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“Legislatures around the world”
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. that was involved in the composition of the 1997 General

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's government, setting up a 75-member body in the place of the parliament. The National Transitional Council adopted a new

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of Congo in May 2001. The new Constitution enabled the government to choose the date of presidential, parliament and local elections.Conseil national de transition: ''Constitution'' (2011)
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Stance of UN

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supported the National Transitional Council of the Republic of Congo.

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Congo Institutional Situation

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1997 in the Republic of the Congo Politics of the Republic of the Congo Political organisations based in the Republic of the Congo {{Africa-poli-stub