<prompt> Sassou Nguesso wayengumholi weqembu eliphikisayo iminyaka emihlanu ngaphambi kokuba abuyele emandleni ngesikhathi seMpi Yombango Yesibili yaseCongo  <response>: , lapho amabutho akhe avukelayo axosha khona uMengameli uPascal Lissouba.Ngemuva kwenkathi yokuguquka, wanqoba ukhetho lukamongameli lwango-2002, olwaluhlanganisa ukubamba iqhaza okuphansi kwabaphikisi; waphinde wakhethwa okhethweni lukamongameli lwango-2009. Ukwethulwa komthethosisekelo omusha, okwamukelwa ngenhlolovo ngo-2015, phakathi kwezimemo zokuthi kuvinjelwe bese kuba ukuchithwa kwemiphumela ngabaholi beqembu eliphikisayo kwenza uSassou Nguesso akwazi ukumela esinye isikhathi. Wakhethwa kabusha okhethweni lukamongameli lwango-2016 ngeningi emzuliswaneni wokuqala. 