<prompt> Tlatša polelo ye e latelago: Ka morago ga ge Denis Sassou Nguesso a boetše matleng ka  <response>: Ka morago ga ntwa ya selegae ya 1997, molaotheo o mofsa o ile wa dumelelwa ka January 2002 referendum ya molaotheo. Molaotheo wa 2002 o be o beakanyeditše bopresidente bjo bo tiilego bja khuduthamaga, ka ntle le tonakgolo, gomme o fokoditše lekgotlapeamelao; botelele bja maemo a bopresidente bo ile bja oketšwa go fihla go nywaga e šupago ka mellwane ya mabaka a mabedi, gomme go beilwe mellwane ya mengwaga ya 70 ya bakgopedi ba bopresidente, go bonala e le go se akaretše baganetši ba bohlokwa ba Sassou Nguesso ba sepolotiki, bao ba bego ba fihlile goba ba le kgauswi le mengwaga yeo. Mekgatlo yeo e bego e ganetša Sassou Nguesso e ile ya swaya molaotheo o mofsa diphošo gomme ya kgopela batho gore ba gane go tsenela dipoledišano tša 2002. 