Guy-Patrice Lumumba, also known as Patrice Lumumba Guy, is the son of murdered Congolese Prime Minister and Pan-Africanist Patrice Émery Lumumba

Patrice Lumumba

Patrice Émery Lumumba was a Congolese independence leader and the first legally elected Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo after he helped win its independence from Belgium in June 1960. Only ten weeks later, Lumumba's government was deposed in a coup during the Congo Crisis...

. His arrest in December 2005 was mentioned in the British House of Commons

British House of Commons

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. He ran independently for President of Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...

 in 2006, but received only about 0.42%
of the vote. The World Socialist Website

International Committee of the Fourth International

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indicates he signed a complaint regarding the elections, claiming voter bribery and excess ballot sheets.

External links

• Guy-Patrice Lumumba wants to "nationalize" the riches of the Congo (In French)