Decolonization and Social Emancipation Movement
Decolonization and Social Emancipation Movement Mouvement de décolonisation et d'émancipation sociale | |
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Political position | Far-left[1] |
Colours | Orange, Green |
National Assembly (Guiana seats) | 1 / 2
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Senate (Guiana seats) | 0 / 2
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Assembly of French Guiana | 3 / 55
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Website | |
mdes | |
The Decolonization and Social Emancipation Movement (French: Mouvement de décolonisation et d'émancipation sociale, MDES) is a pro-independence political party in French Guiana.
Platform
The principal platform of the party is the demand for independence of Guiana, currently an
Election participation
In 1998, the MDES obtained 3 seats in the regional elections with 8.6% of the vote. However, in the 2004 regional elections, the MDES list put forward by Maurice Pindard obtained only 6.55% of the vote and no seats. In 2012 parliamentary elections, the MDES obtained 17.30% of votes.
In the 2022 French legislative election, MDES candidate Jean-Victor Castor was elected to represent French Guiana's 1st constituency in the National Assembly.[2]
Rot Kozé
The party runs a newspaper Rot Kozé (a French Guianese Creole term that means "Other speech"; French: Autre discours), which advocates for autonomy for French Guiana.[3][4]
References
- ^ a b c d e Guyane : interview de Maurice Pindard, secrétaire général du MDES Archived 2019-04-04 at the Wayback Machine New Anticapitalist Party, 16 January 2010 (in French)
- ^ "Avec 9 038 voix, Jean-Victor Castor est le nouveau député de la 1ere circonscription". Guyane la 1ère (in French). Retrieved 2022-06-19.
- ^ "Avec 9 038 voix, Jean-Victor Castor est le nouveau député de la 1ere circonscription". Guyane la 1ère (in French). Retrieved 2022-06-19.
- ^ Mathieu, Samir (December 15, 2021). "Le MDES fête ses 30 ans. Ça commence ce soir à Saint-Laurent et se poursuit jusqu'à dimanche". Mo NEws.
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