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officially succeeded her as Second
Secretary of the National Assembly. On that occasion, Munari stressed to Kignoumbi Kia Mboungou the importance of continuing to work with the IPU and the Network of Female Parliamentarians of Africa. She joked that she was "not asking to wear a skirt" but expressed
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Munari came out in opposition to changing the constitution to allow Sassou
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and to pay salary arrears to civil servants. Munari herself also initially faced charges during the trial, but they were dismissed on 27 December 2001 on the grounds that she had merely followed
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as part of an allegedly corrupt 1993 oil deal with
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from 1992 to 1997. Although Munari fled into exile when
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An advocate for women, Munari promoted the cause of increasing women's participation in the decision-making of society, and she founded the
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association, a non-governmental organization working for improvement of the socioeconomic status of women, on 24 March 1993.
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