Democratic Movement for the Renaissance and Evolution of Central Africa

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The Democratic Movement for the Renaissance and Evolution of Central Africa (French: Mouvement Démocratique pour la Renaissance et l'Evolution en Centrafrique, MDREC) is a political party in the Central African Republic.

History

The party was established in 1990,^[1] and led by Joseph Bendounga, a campaigner for democracy and mayor of the capital Bangui. In mid-1992 Bendounga was arrested and sent to prison for six months for criticising President André Kolingba.^[2]

In the 1993 general elections the party won a single seat in the National Assembly.^[3] In the 1999 presidential elections the party supported incumbent President Ange-Félix Patassé. Although Bendounga was chosen as the party's candidate for the 2005 presidential elections and he applied to contest the elections,^[4] his name did not appear on the ballot.^[2]

The party contested the 2011 parliamentary elections, although it only put forward two candidates,^[5] and failed to win a seat. It subsequently backed Séléka in their overthrow of the President François Bozizé in 2013.^[6]

References

↑ CAR: Parties that contested the 2011 National Assembly election EISA
1 2 Arthur Banks, Thomas C Muller, William R Overstreet & Judith F Isacoff (2009) Political Handbook of the World 2009, CQ Press, p236
↑ Elections in the Central African Republic African Elections Database
↑ 14 register to contest presidential election in CAR Panapress, 17 December 2004
↑ CAR: Number of National Assembly candidates by party in the 2011 election EISA
↑ Tom Lansford (2014) Political Handbook of the World 2014, CQ Press, p254

Political parties in the Central African Republic

Parliamentary parties	National Union for Democracy and Progress (13) Union for Central African Renewal (13) Central African Democratic Rally (10) Movement for the Liberation of the Central African People (9) Kwa Na Kwa (7) PATRIE (4) Party for Democratic Governance (3) Rally for the Republic (3) Party of the Central African Renaissance (3) Movement for Democracy and Development (2) Republican Convention for Social Progress (2) Action Party for Development (1) National Solidarity Movement (1) National Union for Democracy and Rally (1) National Unity Party (1) PDSK (1) Socialist Party (1)

Extraparliamentary parties	Alliance for Democracy and Progress Central African Republican Party Congress of Central African Social Democrats Democratic Forum for Modernity Democratic Movement for the Renaissance and Evolution of Central Africa Liberal Democratic Party MESAN MESAN–Boganda Movement for Democracy, Independence and Social Progress National Democratic Front National Party for a New Central Africa Party for Democracy in Central Africa Patriotic Front for Progress Social Democratic Party

Defunct parties	Central African Democratic Union Central African National Liberation Movement Civic Forum Democratic Evolution Movement of Central Africa Independent Grouping for Reflection Löndö Association Movement for Democracy and Independence Movement for Unity, Peace and Security National Convention People's Union for the Republic Republican Progressive Party

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