Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I muri i te hokinga mai o te peresideni a Denis Sassou Nguesso ki te mana i te pakanga ā iwi o Hune-Oketopa 1997
I te mutunga o te huinga, i pootihia a Koumba hei Perehitini o te National Transitional Council (CNT), he 75-member body that was to act as the provisional parliament, i te 14 o Hanuere 1998. Ahakoa he tangata tonga a Koumba, ko te CNT te nuinga o nga tangata o te raki, i runga i te mana o nga tangata o te raki i raro i a Sassou Nguesso. Ko te tinana, i te waahi mai i te 1998 ki te 2002, i whakaarohia he "tohu rapa whakama".