Eugène Diomi Ndongala was a candidate in the 2006 election

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 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Ndongala was a candidate of the Christian Democrat Party

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 and has pledged to provide free emergency care in public hospital

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s and to develop the country's communication

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s infrastructure

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if elected.

Before running for president, Ndongala served as deputy minister of economy and industry, but was jailed without trial several times in 1997 and 1998. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/5199518.stm