Democratic and Social Convention
Democratic and Social Convention | |
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| Leader | Abdou Labo |
| Founded | 5 January 1991 |
| Newspaper | Rahama Tribune |
| Ideology | Social democracy |
| National affiliation | AFC |
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The Democratic and Social Convention - Rahama (French: Convention démocratique et sociale-Rahama, CDS-Rahama) is a political party in Niger.
History
It was founded in January 1991. In the
parliamentary elections
later that year.
Since 1999, the CDS has been in an alliance with the MNSD, forming part of the parliamentary majority and participating in the government; it did not nominate a presidential candidate in the
2004 general elections, Ousmane was the CDS presidential candidate for the fourth time, finishing third with 17.4% of the vote. In the parliamentary elections, the party received 17.4% of the popular vote and won 22 of the 113 seats. Following the election, the MNSD resumed its coalition government with CDS-Rahama, whose 22 seats give the President and Prime Minister a 69-seat majority in the National Assembly, with Ousmane re-elected as President of the National Assembly.[2][3]
The CDS held its sixth congress on 1 September 2007.[4]
On 25 June 2009, after President of Niger
Nigerien Council of Ministers.[5] In a statement, the CDS demanded the President definitively submit to the Court's decision.[6] The party also announced the creation of its own opposition coalition, the Movement for the Defence of Democracy (MDD) along with around five smaller parties including the UDR and the PDP. The group was in direct competition with the larger opposition front, the Front for the Defence of Democracy (FDD) led by the PNDS, and staged the two anti-referendum marches in Niamey.[7][8]
The party boycotted the
2016 general elections the party nominated Abdou Labo
as its presidential candidate; he finished seventh in a field of fifteen candidates with 2% of the vote. In the National Assembly elections, the party retained its three seats.
References
- ^ "Mahamane Ousmane, premier président élu" Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, Afrique Express, January 1996 (in French).
- ^ List of deputies elected in the 1999 election by constituency, National Assembly website (2004 archive page) (in French).
- ^ "President of the National Assembly of Niger Mahamane Ousmane Elected President of the IPU Committee on Human Rights of Parliamentarians", Inter-Parliamentary Union, press release no. 179, 15 January 2004.
- ^ Yahaya Garba, "6ème congrès de la CDS-Rahama: Un congrès expéditif et sans enjeu"[permanent dead link], Roue de l’Histoire n° 368, September 5, 2007 (Tamtaminfo.com, September 6, 2007) (in French).
- ^ Niger president's main ally quits the government. AFP. 25 June 2009.
- ^ COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE de CDS Rahama du 25 juin 2009 Archived June 29, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ L'opposition à Tandja se renforce Archived 2012-09-08 at archive.today. RFI. 25 June 2009.
- ^ Tandja's main ally quits government . The Independent (South Africa)/ Sapa/AFP. 25 June 2009.
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