Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros
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Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros Convention pour le Renouveau des Comores | |
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Secretary-General | Houmed M'saidié |
Founded | September 2002 |
Split from | Democratic Front of the Comoros |
Ideology | Social democracy Democratic socialism |
Political position | Center-left |
Assembly of the Union | 20 / 24
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Website | |
https://crc.blogs.fr/page_2.html | |
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Member State of the Arab League |
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The Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros (French: Convention pour le Renouveau des Comores, CRC) is a political party in the Comoros.
History[]
The CRC was established in September 2002 by members of the Movement for Socialism and Democracy, a group expelled from the Democratic Front.[1] In the 2004 parliamentary elections the party won six of the 18 elected seats, becoming the only opposition to the Camp of the Autonomous Islands alliance.
The party won two seats in the 2015 parliamentary elections, taken by and .
In January 2020, the Legislative elections in Comoros were dominated by President Azali Assoumani’s party, the Convention for the Renewal of Comoros, CRC. It took an overwhelming majority in the parliament and his hold on power strengthened.[2] CRC won 17 out of 24 legislative seats.[3]
References[]
- ^ Tom Lansford (2015) Political Handbook of the World 2015, CQ Press
- ^ https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/trend-lines/28540/with-comoros-elections-azali-assoumani-cements-his-authoritarian-rule
- ^ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/1/21/comoros-presidents-party-wins-poll-boycotted-by-opposition
- Political parties in the Comoros
- Political parties established in 2002
- 2002 establishments in the Comoros
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