Jean-Didace Médard Moussodia is a Congolese politician who has served as a Deputy in the National Assembly of Congo-Brazzaville since 2002.
Political career In the May–June 2002 parliamentary election, Moussodia stood as the candidate of the Union for Democracy and the Republic (UDR–Mwinda), an opposition party, in the third constituency of Moungali, located in Brazzaville. He won the seat in the second round of voting."Assemblée nationale : les élus du second tour et leur appartenance politique", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 28 June 2002 . Moussodia was one of six UDR–Mwinda deputies elected to the National Assembly in 2002.Etanislas Ngodi, Oppositions démocratiques du Congo-Brazzaville: de la Conférence Nationale Souveraine de 1991 aux élections législatives de 2012 (2013), L'Harmattan, page 146 . When the National Assembly began meeting in August 2002, UDR–Mwinda leader André Milongo presided over the initial meeting due to his status as the oldest deputy (doyen d'âge). He was assisted in that role by the two youngest deputies, one of whom was Moussodia.Cyr Armel Yabbat-Ngo et Joël Nsoni, "Rien de bien nouveau sous le ciel: Thystère-Tchicaya et Noumazalay aux commandes", La Semaine Africaine, 15 August 2002 .
Subsequently Moussodia left the UDR–Mwinda and joined the Division of Young Republicans (PJR), a group led by Denis-Christel Sassou Nguesso, the son of President Denis Sassou Nguesso.Etanislas Ngodi, Enjeu électoral et recomposition politique au Congo-Brazzaville (2009), L'Harmattan, page 295 . In the June–August 2007 parliamentary election, he stood for re-election to the National Assembly as an independent candidate in the same constituency, and he prevailed in the first round with 51.19% of the vote."Elections législatives : les 44 élus du premier tour", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 2 July 2007 . He had to stand as an independent because the PJR, as a political association rather than a party, could not directly field candidates for election. Eight PJR members, including Moussodia, were elected to the National Assembly as independent candidates in the 2007 election. At a PJR meeting on 12 October 2007, Moussodia was designated as the PJR's Secretary for Relations with Affiliated Associations and Political Partners."Assemblée générale extraordinaire et élective du P.j.r: Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso élu président exécutif national", La Semaine Africaine, number 2,736, 16 October 2007, page 5 .
On 8 October 2011, Moussodia donated 33 sewing machines for girls in his constituency.Pascal Azad Doko, "Deuxième circonscription de Moungali (Brazzaville) : Le député Médard Moussodia a fait un don de machines à coudre à trois quartiers", La Semaine Africaine, 19 October 2011 .
In the July–August 2012 parliamentary election, Moussodia was again re-elected to the National Assembly as an independent candidate in the third constituency of Moungali; he won the seat in the first round with 57.49% of the vote."Résultats du premier tour des élections législatives 2012" , La Semaine Africaine, 24 July 2012 .
On 12 September 2013, Moussodia was re-elected as President of the Party for Unity, Freedom and Progress (PULP–Moko Molé), a political party that supported President Sassou Nguesso, at a party meeting in Brazzaville.Jean-Jacques Koubemba, "Vie des partis : Jean Didace Médard Moussodia réélu à la tête du Pulp", ADIAC, 13 September 2013 .Pascal Azad Doko, "P.u.l.p Moko Molé (Parti pour l’unité, la liberté et le progrès) : Jean-Didace Médard Moussodia élu président pour un mandat de cinq ans", La Semaine Africaine, 24 September 2013 .
At a meeting with his constituents on 4 January 2014, Moussodia gave out envelopes containing 25,000 CFA francs each to 800 women in order to help them start small businesses. He also discussed the work of the National Assembly and listened to the problems facing his constituents.Pascal Azad Doko, "Deuxième circonscription de Moungali (Brazzaville) : Jean Didace Médard Moussodia a fait un geste remarquable à huit cents femmes", La Semaine Africaine, 15 January 2014 .
In the July 2017 parliamentary election, Moussodia stood for re-election as the PULP candidate in the third constituency of Moungali. He placed first in the first round of voting with 38.34%, slightly ahead of second place candidate Gervine Mounea Aya.Roger Ngombé, "Les grands duels du second tour des élections législatives 2017", ADIAC, 25 July 2017 . He won the seat in the second round of voting."Les résultats du second tour", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 4 August 2017, page 3 . He was designated as First Vice-President of the Planning Commission of the National Assembly on 2 September 2017."Parlement : l’Assemblée nationale se dote des instances dirigeantes", ADIAC, 3 September 2017 .
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