Cameroon Renaissance Movement
Cameroon Renaissance Movement | |
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President | Maurice Kamto |
Founded | August 2012 |
Headquarters | Yaoundé |
Seats in the National Assembly | 1 / 180 |
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Party website | |
Cameroon portal
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The Cameroon Renaissance Movement (French: Mouvement pour la Renaissance du Cameroun, MRC) is a political party in Cameroon.
History[]
The party was established in August 2012 by Maurice Kamto.[1] It won a single seat in the 2013 parliamentary elections.[2]
Six members the MRC were arrested for distributing face masks and hand sanitizers in the capital, Yaoundé on May 12, 2020.[3] The use of face masks was obligatory during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In December 2021, around thirty executives and activists from the MRC were sentenced to prison terms for insurrection and endangering state security. The party's first vice-president Alain Fogué and Kamto's spokesman Olivier Bibou Nissack received seven-year sentences.[4]
References[]
- ^ Dissident minister launches new opposition party Archived 2015-01-06 at archive.today Menas
- ^ Cameroon Assemblée nationale - National Assembly (National Assembly): Last elections IPU
- ^ "World News - BBC News". BBC News. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
- ^ Cameroun: sept ans de prison pour des cadres du MRC RFI, 27 December 2021
External links[]
Categories:
- Political parties in Cameroon
- Political parties established in 2012
- 2012 establishments in Cameroon