African Independence Party – Renewal
African Independence Party - Renewal | |
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Leader | Majhemout Diop |
Founded | 15 September 1957 |
Headquarters | Guédiawaye |
Newspaper | Momsarev |
Ideology | Socialism |
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African Independence Party (in French: Parti Africain de l'Indépendance) is a political party in Senegal, which was led by Majhmoud Diop.
At the 1972 congress of the original
African Independence Party
in Senegal, the former general secretary, Majhmoud Diop, was expelled. In 1976, in the context of rapprochement from the side of the government, Diop was welcomed to return from exile. Rapidly he gathered his followers and formed a 'Provisional Committee for Renewal of PAI'. Amongst his aides were Baba Ndiaye and Bara Goudiaby. Effectively this group started function as a separate party, calling itself PAI. Generally it became known as PAI-Rénovation (Renewal), distinguishing it from the original PAI (which was called PAI-Sénégal).
Background
In an attempt to move away from the
Marxist-Leninist. The governing UPS was accorded the role as the Social Democratic party and the main opposition PDS
was legalized to take the role as the liberal democratic party.
On August 14, 1976, PAI-Rénovation was registered as a legal political party under the name 'PAI'. It was recognized to take the role of the legal left in the three party system. (PAI-Sénégal was later (in 1981, after the abolition of the three party system) registered as
Party of Independence and Work
(PIT).)
In the 1978 elections PAI of Diop came third with 3734 votes (0.3% of the total vote).
In 1979 PAI of Diop was joined by a tendency of
LD
led by Moussa Kane.
PAI publishes the party newspaper Momsarev.
External links
- Party website Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
References
- Zuccarelli, François. La vie politique sénégalaise (1940-1988). Paris: CHEAM, 1988.