As spokesman for UPADS, Siapa Ivouloungou denounced the Constitutional Court's June 2009 exclusion of UPADS candidate Ange Edouard Poungui from the July 2009 presidential election. He claimed that the decision, which was based on Poungui's lack of continuous residency for two years, was politically motivated, arguing that "over the last two years, all the candidates moved around, to visit family abroad, to fine-tune their plans"."Congo bans 4 opposition candidates from vote", AFP, 19 June 2009.
