Rally of Progressive National Democrats

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Rally of Progressive National Democrats
Rassemblement des Démocrates Nationaux Progressistes
LeaderMirlande Manigat
FounderLeslie Manigat
Founded1979
HeadquartersPort-au-Prince, Haiti
IdeologyHaitian nationalism
Christian democracy
Conservatism
Political positionCentre-right
International affiliationCentrist Democrat International
Regional affiliationChristian Democrat Organization of America
Colors  Green
Chamber of Deputies
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Senate
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Website
rdnp-haiti.org

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 (Mouvement Patriotique de l'Opposition Démocratique, MOPOD), a coalition of parties that oppose to President Michel Martelly.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Le Rassemblement des Démocrates Nationaux Progressistes fête ses 30ans" (in French). MetropoleHaiti.com. 1 June 2009.
  2. ^ "Partis Politiques Enregistrés et Reconnus" (in French). HaitiCulture.ch.
  3. ^ "Refworld | Haiti: The Assembly of Progressive National Democrats (Rassemblement des démocrates nationaux progressistes, RDNP); political activities and organizational structure; regions of the country that its elected members represent; the socio-economic groups and geographic areas of Haiti that support it; treatment of its members by the authorities (2009-April 2013)".
  4. ^ Landsford, Tom (2014). Political Handbook of the World 2015. ISBN 9781483371559.

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