Christian Movement for a New Haiti
Christian Movement for a New Haiti Mouvement Chrétien pour une Nouvelle Haïti | |
|---|---|
| President | Luc Mesadieu |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Headquarters | Port-au-Prince |
| Ideology | Christian democracy |
| Political position | Centre to centre-right |
| Chamber of Deputies | 0 / 119 |
| Senate | 0 / 30 |
The Christian Movement for a New Haiti (Mouvement Chrétien pour une Nouvelle Haïti, Mochrenha) is a political party in Haiti.
History[]
The party was founded in 1991 by Evangelical Protestant churches.[1] Mochrenha was registered officially as a political party on 25 January 1999, but only on 13 July 1999 was it recognized by the electoral authorities.[2]
The party gained three seats in the Chamber of Deputies at the 2000 elections.[1] In the presidential elections of 7 February 2006, its candidate Luc Mesadieu won 3.35% of the popular vote. The party won in the 7 February 2006 Senate elections 4.9% of the popular vote and no Senators. In the 7 February and 21 April 2006 Chamber of Deputies elections, the party won 3 out of 99 seats.
In 2013, the party became a member of the (Mouvement Patriotique de l'Opposition Démocratique, MOPOD), a coalition of parties that oppose to President Michel Martelly.[1]
For the 2015 presidential election Renold Jean Claude Bazin was presented as the party's candidate.[3] For the 2015 parliamentary elections, the party presented 3 candidates for the Senate and 19 for the Chamber of Deputies.[4][5][6][7]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Landsford, Tom (2014). Political Handbook of the World 2015. ISBN 9781483371559.
- ^ "Partis Politiques Enregistrés et Reconnus" (in French). HaitiCulture.ch. Archived from the original on 2014-10-11. Retrieved 2015-06-14.
- ^ "La liste complète des candidats à la présidence". Le Nouvelliste. May 22, 2015.
- ^ Accepted candidates for senator Archived 2015-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Accepted candidates for senator Archived 2015-05-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Accepted candidates for deputy Archived 2015-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Accepted candidates for deputy Archived 2015-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
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