Movement for Democracy, Independence and Social Progress

The Movement for Democracy, Independence and Social Progress (French: Mouvement pour la Démocratie l'Indépendance et le Progrès Social, MDI-PS) is a political party in the Central African Republic.

History

The MDI-PS was established in 1991 as a non-sectarian party.[1] The party joined the opposition Consultation of Opposition Political Parties alliance for the 2005 general elections.[2] The alliance won 11 seats, of which the MDI-PS won three.[2]

In 2010 the party joined the Presidential Majority alliance in preparation for the 2011 general elections.[3] The MDI-PS nominated 14 candidates for the 105 seats in the National Assembly,[4] winning one of the alliance's 11 seats.

References

  1. ^ Arthur S. Banks, William Overstreet & Thomas Muller (2008) Political Handbook of the World 2008 CQ Press, p231
  2. ^ a b CAR: 2005 National Assembly election results EISA
  3. ^ Political agreement between the parties of the Presidential Majority Archived 2017-12-23 at the Wayback Machine Journal de Bangui, 24 December 2010
  4. ^ CAR: Number of National Assembly candidates by party in the 2011 election EISA