Parti Democratique Gabonais
The Gabonese Democratic Party ( French : Parti Démocratique Gabonais , abbreviation PDG, formerly the Gabonese Democratic Bloc ) is a political party in the African state of Gabon . The party's motto is: dialogue , tolerance , peace . It was originally shaped by African socialism and now has a liberal and capitalist orientation.
influence
It is the most influential party and the current ruling party in the country.
The party also has branches ("federations") abroad, the largest being in the former colonial power France and in the USA .
In the National Assembly of Gabon, the PDG currently holds 86 of the 120 seats in the Senate of Gabon holds 54 of 91 seats.
history
The party was originally founded in 1946 by Léon M'ba as an offshoot of the Rassemblement Démocratique Africain in the Gabonese part of the colony of French Equatorial Africa under the name Mouvement Mixte Gabonais (MMG). In 1953 it was renamed under him in the "Gabonese Democratic Bloc" ( French : Bloc Démocratique Gabonais ). The strongholds of the party were mainly in the cities. The Gabonese Democratic Bloc was an influential party even before the country's independence, initially under Léon M'ba. In 1957 it came to power - also with the help of the European population - and led the country to independence in 1960.
The party was founded under its current name on March 12, 1968. After the death of the first president, M'bas, Omar Bongo took over the chairmanship of the party, which has been the Unity Party of Gabon ever since . In May 1990, however, constitutional amendments were implemented that abolished the formal one-party rule of the PDG and introduced a multi-party system in Gabon. However, the PDG remained the dominant political force in the country. Even the President Omar Bongo, who ruled until 2009, ruled almost dictatorially as a member of the PDG.
In the parliamentary elections on December 9, 2001, the PDG party won 88 of the 120 seats in the National Assembly of Gabon; in the parliamentary elections on December 17, 2006, the PDG won 80 seats in the National Assembly. This time, however, parties that formed a coalition with the PDG also won several seats.
Web links
- Official website (in French)
supporting documents
- ↑ Information from the Foreign Office on Gabon
- ↑ Gabon . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 2008. Retrieved September 15, 2008.
- ↑ "PDG wins the elections in Gabon" , BBC News, December 22, 2006.
- ↑ "Proclamation officielle des résultats des élections législatives par la Cour constitutionnelle", election results 2006 ( Memento of the original of September 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , InfoPlus Gabon.
