Pakutanga chikamu cheNational Alliance for Democracy (AND), mubatanidzwa wemapato ekuruboshwe akatsigira Pascal Lissouba, RDPS yakakurumidza kuputsa neAND uye yakabatana neUnited for Democratic Renewal (URD) mubatanidzwa wevanopikisa, inotungamirwa naBernard Kolélas. Pamwe chete neUnion for the Republic (UR) uye Movement for Democracy and Salvation (MDS), RDPS yakaumba mubatanidzwa, Movement for Unity and Reconstruction (MUR), munaNovember 1996. Mazuva mashomanene pashure pokunge vapanduki vakavimbika kuna Denis Sassou Nguesso vatora Brazzaville, dzimbahwe, pamugumo wehondo yavagari vemo
muna Gumiguru 1997, Tchicaya akazivisa rutsigiro rweRDPS kuna Sassou Nguesso.