Rassemblement des Républicains

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Rassemblement des Républicains (RDR) is a liberal party from the Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire).

Its current chairman is Alassane Ouattara , President of Ivory Coast, and its strongest following is in the predominantly Muslim north of the country.

history

The RDR was founded in the middle of 1994 by splitting off from the then unity party Parti Démocratique de Côte d'Ivoire . Its first general secretary was Djéni Kobina . In the 1995 presidential elections, the RDR put Alassane Ouattara , who had been Prime Minister of the country between 1990 and 1993, as a candidate. However, Ouattara was excluded from the election, with the electoral law likely having been modified for this purpose. The RDR then boycotted the election.

The first regular party congress of the RDR took place on July 2nd and 3rd, 1995. At this party congress Ouattara was put up as a presidential candidate. After Kobina's death, the first extraordinary party congress was held in January 1999 to elect a new general secretary. On August 1, 1999, at the second extraordinary party congress, Ouattara was elected chairman of the RDR and put up as a candidate for the next presidential election.

Ouattara stated that he could run in the elections set for 2000 and referred to papers intended to prove that both of his parents were born in Ivory Coast. However, he was charged with forging the documents and an investigation has been opened. In October 1999, his citizenship certificate was canceled and an arrest warrant was issued a month later, even though he was in France at the time.

The RDR called for demonstrations in favor of Ouattara's candidacy and on September 27, a demonstration with 10,000 participants took place in Abidjan. On October 27th, several RDR officials, including the party's general secretary at the time, Henriette Diabaté , were arrested because they were held responsible for the riots during these protest marches. You were sentenced to prison terms in November. During the Christmas coup on December 23, 1999, one of the rebels' demands was the release of the RDR leadership. President Henri Konan Bédié rejected the demands, on December 24 the rebels took power and released the RDR leadership from prisons. Ouattara returned to the Ivory Coast on December 29 and praised the deposition of Bédié as a revolution that was supported by all Ivorians .

Although Ouattara supported the military coup, his candidacy for the 2000 presidential election was again rejected by the Supreme Court. The reason given again was that the nationality of Ouattara's parents had not been proven to be Ivorian. The RDR subsequently boycotted the presidential and parliamentary elections, although the RDR still won five of the 225 parliamentary seats.

Since 2003 the RDR has been a full member of the Liberal International ; he joined this organization at its congress in Dakar . The party is also a member of the Christian Democratic International .

On May 18, 2005, the RDR, the PDCI , the UDPCI and the MFA signed a coalition called Rassemblement des Houphouétistes pour la Démocratie et la Paix , despite their years of hostility, in order to jointly go to the presidential election, which was scheduled for October 2005 to run. However, this presidential election was repeatedly postponed and finally held on October 28, 2010 and November 28, 2010.

In May / June 2008 a new party split off from the RDR: Zémogo Fofana , Vice Mayor of the city of Boundiali in the northern part of Ivory Coast and ex-minister, founded his own party, the Alliance pour une Nouvelle Côte d'Ivoire .

Ouattara was re-elected as a presidential candidate at the 2nd RDR Congress from February 1-3, 2008, and his role as chairman of the RDR was extended by five years. At the party congress, he also issued an invitation to the former rebels of the Forces Nouvelles to participate in the election together with the RDR.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Robert J. Mundt, "Côte d'Ivoire: Continuity and Change in a Semi-Democracy", Political Reform in Francophone Africa (1997), ed. Clark and Gardinier, pages 194–197.
  2. ↑ a b c Coulibaly Brahima, "Côte d'Ivoire: Organization du 2ème congrès ordinaire du Rdr, des cadres maneuvers pour le report" , North-Sud (allAfrica.com), July 27, 2007
  3. ^ "Jul 1995 - Selection of Ouattara as RDR presidential candidate", Keesing's Record of World Events, Volume 41, July 1995 Cote d'Ivoire, Page 40630
  4. ↑ Biography at Ouattara's website ( Memento of the original from September 27, 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ado.ci
  5. ↑ "Ivorian opposition elects former premier as presidential candidate," Associated Press, August 1 1999th
  6. ↑ "IVORY COAST: Police arrest scores outside politician's home" , IRIN, September 15 1999th
  7. ^ "Ivory Coast opposition leader under investigation," BBC News, September 22, 1999.
  8. ^ "Opposition leader blasts 'undemocratic' government" , BBC News, October 29, 1999.
  9. ↑ "IVORY COAST: Arrest warrant issued for opposition politician" , IRIN, December 9 1999th
  10. ↑ a b "COTE D'IVOIRE: Former Prime Minister returns home" , IRIN, January 4, 2000.
  11. ↑ "COTE D'IVOIRE: Thousands of opposition party supporters demonstrate" , IRIN, September 27, 1999.
  12. ↑ "IVORY COAST: US Worried about arrests" , IRIN, November 1, 1999.
  13. ↑ "IVORY COAST: Military coup announced" , IRIN, December 24., 1999
  14. ↑ "IVORY COAST: Former, current presidents address reconciliation forum" , IRIN, November 14, 2001.
  15. ↑ Page for RDR at Liberal International website ( memento of the original from September 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.liberal-international.org
  16. ↑ :: idc-cdi Parties
  17. ^ "La nouvelle alliance contre Gbagbo" , rfi.fr, May 19, 2005.
  18. ↑ "IVORY COAST: Former political foes strike pact to oust Gbagbo" , IRIN, May 18 of 2005.
  19. ↑ Abidjan.net, July 6, 2007: L'ANCI est née: Zémogo Fofana crée son parti Online  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / news.abidjan.net  
  20. ^ "Alassane Ouattara prêt à s'associer aux ex-rebelles" , AFP (Jeuneafrique.com), February 3, 2008.