Internal splits in the MNC occur between left-leaning (the United States believed him to get aid from the SovietUnion and being its puppet) future PrimeMinister Patrice Lumumba and a number of MNC members led by Albert Kalonji
After the country is granted independence by Belgium and holds its first parliamentary elections chaotic fighting almost immediately breaks out, with the MNC being one of the groups vying for power
Internal splits in the MNC occur between left-leaning (the United States believed him to get aid from the SovietUnion and being its puppet) future PrimeMinister Patrice Lumumba and a number of MNC members led by Albert Kalonji
Jan Despite Lumumba's imprisonment at the time, the MNC win a convincing majority in the local elections in the Congo
31st May it is confirmed that Lumumba and the MNC had won electoral victory and the right to form a government
