Lespwa
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Fwon Lespwa was a
Haitian Creole form of the French l'espoir, meaning "hope". The coalition's full French name is Front de l'Espoir (Hope Front). Lespwa included many members and former members of the last government of Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his Fanmi Lavalas
(Flood Family).
USAID and the IRI attempted to form a rump Lavalas organization with Marc Bazin, but Aristide along with nearly all of Fanmi Lavalas refused to recognize Bazin's candidacy. While publicly boycotting the elections, Lavalas overwhelmingly supported the election of René Préval, which it saw as a return to peace and democracy.
In the
Chamber of Deputies. Lespwa's parliamentary caucus formed part of the governing coalition under Jacques-Édouard Alexis,[2] but soon formed a political alliance, the Coalition of Progressive Parliamentarians
, that filed a motion of no confidence in Alexis' government during the 2008 food crisis. It has since rejected two of Préval's nominees for prime minister; through the electoral alliance, Lespwa's leaders have gained a majority in the Chamber.
Lespwa was disbanded in November 2009 in favor of
Unity (Inite), the successor party of many pro-Préval supporters, including factions from other parties.[1]
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