Rally of Progressive National Democrats Rassemblement des Démocrates Nationaux Progressistes | |
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| Leader | Mirlande Manigat |
| Founder | Leslie Manigat |
| Founded | 1979 |
| Headquarters | Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| Ideology | Haitian nationalism Christian democracy Conservatism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| International affiliation | Centrist Democrat International |
| Regional affiliation | Christian Democrat Organization of America |
| Colors | Green |
| Chamber of Deputies | 0 / 119 |
| Senate | 0 / 30 |
| Website | |
| rdnp-haiti.org | |
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The Rally of Progressive National Democrats (Rassemblement des Démocrates Nationaux Progressistes, RDNP) is a political party in Haiti.
History
The RDNP was founded in 1979 by then exiled president Leslie Manigat.[1] It was registered officially as political party on 25 May 1987, but only on 15 July 1987 was it recognized by the electoral authorities.[2]
In the Haitian presidential election in 1988, Leslie Manigat wins with 50,2% of the popular vote, and elected president; in the parliamentary elections, in 1990, RDNP elected only one seat in Senate; in Haitian presidential elections in February 2006, its candidate Leslie Manigat won 12.4% of the popular vote. In the 2006 Senate elections the party picked up 10.7% of the popular vote yet only 1 out of 30 Senators. In the 2006 Chamber of Deputies elections, the party won 4 out of 99 seats.[3] In the Haitian presidential elections of 28 November 2010, the RDNP presented as candidate Mirlande Manigat, wife of the RDNP's founder. She won the first round by carrying 31.37%, and in the second ballot with Michel Martelly she lost with only 31,74%. However, in the Parliamentary elections the RDNP lost the seat that it had in the Chamber.
In 2013, the party became a member of the Patriotic Movement of the Democratic Opposition (Mouvement Patriotique de l'Opposition Démocratique, MOPOD), a coalition of parties that oppose to President Michel Martelly.[4]
References
- ^ "Le Rassemblement des Démocrates Nationaux Progressistes fête ses 30ans" (in French). MetropoleHaiti.com. 1 June 2009.
- ^ "Partis Politiques Enregistrés et Reconnus" (in French). HaitiCulture.ch.
- ^ http://www.refworld.org/docid/51dd1b654.html
- ^ Landsford, Tom (2014). Political Handbook of the World 2015.
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