Rally of Progressive National Democrats

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Rally of Progressive National Democrats
Rassemblement des démocrates nationaux progressistes

The Rally of Progressive National Democrats (French: Rassemblement des démocrates nationaux progressistes, RDNP) is a political party in Haiti.

History

The RDNP was founded in 1979 by then exiled president Leslie Manigat.[2] It was registered officially as political party on 25 May 1987, but only on 15 July 1987 was it recognized by the electoral authorities.[3]

In the Haitian presidential election in 1988,

elections, the party won 4 out of 99 seats.[4]
In the
Haitian presidential elections of 28 November 2010, the RDNP presented as candidate Mirlande Manigat, wife of the RDNP's founder. She won the first round by carrying 31.37%, and in the second ballot with Michel Martelly
, she lost with only 31.74%. However, in the Parliamentary elections, the RDNP lost the seat that it had in the Chamber.

In 2013, the party became a member of the Patriotic Movement of the Democratic Opposition (Mouvement Patriotique de l'Opposition Démocratique, MOPOD), a coalition of parties that oppose to President Michel Martelly.[5]

In 2018, Eric Jean Baptiste was promoted as the new general secretary of the party.[1] Baptiste was later assassinated on the way to his home in the Laboule 12 area of Port-au-Prince on 28 October 2022, when his car was ambushed.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Eric Jean Baptiste, nouveau secrétaire général du RDNP". haiti.loopnews.com. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Le Rassemblement des Démocrates Nationaux Progressistes fête ses 30ans" (in French). MetropoleHaiti.com. 1 June 2009.
  3. ^ "Partis Politiques Enregistrés et Reconnus" (in French). HaitiCulture.ch.
  4. ^ "Refworld | Haiti: The Assembly of Progressive National Democrats (Rassemblement des démocrates nationaux progressistes, RDNP); political activities and organizational structure; regions of the country that its elected members represent; the socio-economic groups and geographic areas of Haiti that support it; treatment of its members by the authorities (2009-April 2013)".
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  6. ^ Haitian politician shot dead, as violent gangs and political turmoil push country to the 'edge of collapse' Archived 30 October 2022 at the Wayback Machine, CNN
  7. ^ "High-profile Haitian politician killed in apparent gang attack -reports". Yahoo!.

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