at his trial in April and, "because of his international standing", was given a suspended three-year sentence. Lissouba was acquitted of all charges at the trial and would later become the nation's president in 1992. Post-pardon In 1976, some M 22 dissidents were reincorporated into public life, benefitting from a pardon by Ngouabi after the March 24, 1974 general strike. At the time Camille Boungou was the leader of M 22. In the PCT Central Committee formed in 1979, there were five persons from M 22, Camille Boungou, Lt. Célestin Goma-Foutou (who had also been a member in the 1974 Central Committee), Benoît Moundéllé-Ngolo, Bernard Combo-Matsiona and Alphonse Fongui. During the latter half of the 1980s, the M 22 opposed the introduction of Structural Adjustment Programmes. At the 1989 party congress, all M 22 presence was removed from the Central Committee. Later, the same year Bernard Combo-Matsiona was elected president of the National Assembly (the last M 22 member in high-ranking position). Bibliography Notes References - Total pages: 459 - Total pages: 313 - Total pages: 548 - Total pages: 239 History of the Republic of the Congo Defunct political parties in the Republic of the Congo National liberation movements in Africa 1972 establishments in the Republic of the Congo Rebel groups in the Republic of the Congo