Presidential election will now hold in Congo on March 21, public television said on Thursday.
President Denis Sassou Nguesso, who has been in power for a total of 36 years, has been named as his party’s candidate.
President Denis Sassou Nguesso, 77, has held office for a total of 36 years, first from 1979-92 and again since 1997.
The defence and security forces will vote on March 17, enabling them to be deployed on polling day four days later.
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This is the first time since the Republic of Congo, also called Congo-Brazzaville, has adopted a two-phase ballot since it introduced multiparty elections in 1992.
A low-scale effort to update the national electoral roll vote has been underway since January 7, but it is being boycotted by the opposition, which says a census known as RGPH that began last year should be the basis for voter registration.
That scheme has yet to finish and has no set end date.
