 In the National Assembly, he became President of the UDR-Mwinda Parliamentary Group on 24 August 2002.In addition to heading the UDR-Mwinda, Milongo was the chairman of a coalition of 11 political parties ("Front pour une Commission Electorale independante"), an assembly of political parties calling for transparency and independence in the management of all future elections.Milongo ran for re-election to the National Assembly in the 2007 parliamentary election, but was defeated in the first round, held on 24 June.