00:00He is running for president once again.
00:07Denis Sassoon-Gesso, currently president of the Republic of Congo,
00:11officially announced on Thursday that he would run for president in next month's elections.
00:18The announcement comes with little surprise to most of the population.
00:24For several months already, officials and party leaders have repeatedly asked the president
00:29to run for his own office during the elections, set for 12th and 15th of March.
00:37Sassoon-Gesso has been president of the country without interruption since 1997.
00:44The 82-year-old is now running for his fifth term as president.
00:50The ruling Congolese Labour Party already confirmed in December
00:54that it would support Sassoon-Gesso as its candidate.
00:58While several opposing candidates have also declared that they would be running,
01:04the chances at winning are slim to non-existent,
01:08as experts and long-term observers of the political situation in the country fear.
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