Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A tsakiyar yakin basasa na 1997
, An nada Kolélas a matsayin Firayim Minista a watan Satumbar 1997 kuma an kafa gwamnatin hadin kan kasa; An ci gaba da rike Matéta a cikin wannan gwamnati kuma an daukaka shi zuwa mukamin Ministan Kasafin Kudi da Hadin Gudanar da Harkokin Kudi. Gwamnatin Kolélas ta rayu na wata daya kawai, duk da haka; 'yan tawaye masu biyayya ga Denis Sassou Nguesso sun kama Brazzaville a tsakiyar Oktoba 1997. Matéta ta gudu zuwa gudun hijira.