Union pour l'Alternance Démocratique

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The Union pour l'Alternance Démocratique ( UAD , Union for Democratic Change) is an alliance of opposition parties in Djibouti , where the RPP has ruled since independence in 1977 .

The opposition politician Ahmed Dini Ahmed , who belongs to the Afar ethnic group, founded the UAD after his return from exile in France in 2001. The alliance initially comprised four parties:

  • Alliance Républicaine pour la Democratie (ARD)
  • Mouvement pour le Renouveau Democratique (MRD)
  • Union pour la Democratie et la Justice (UDJ)
  • Parti Djiboutien pour le Développement (PDD).

In the run-up to the 2003 parliamentary elections , the opposition politician Aden Robleh moved to the government camp , thereby weakening the opposition. In these elections, the UAD ran against the ruling RPP and its alliance UMP . According to the official results, it received 37.3% of the votes nationwide; however, since she did not win a majority in any of the five constituencies, she did not get any of the 65 seats in the National Assembly under the majority electoral system . The UAD achieved the best result in the capital Djibouti City with 44.9%. In Obock , on the other hand, which was considered to be their stronghold, it only came to 38.5%.

The UAD then accused the government of fraud. However, her request for a recount was rejected. A planned demonstration was banned by the interior minister. In March 2003, Ahmed Farah , leader of the MRD and editor of Le Renouveau Djiboutien newspaper , was arrested after publishing an article critical of the army.

With the death of Ahmed Dini Ahmed in 2004, the UAD lost its most important leader. In December 2004 the PDD was excluded from the alliance. The UAD boycotted the 2005 presidential election and the 2008 general election .

In 2010, Ismaël Guedi Hared , former head of cabinet under Hassan Gouled Aptidon , is President of the UAD.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Federal Foreign Office: Country information on Djibouti
  2. ↑ Cherif Ouazani: Ahmed Dini Ahmed , in: Jeune Afrique , September 20, 2004.
  3. ↑ a b Jutta Bakonyi, Mamadou Diarrassouba: Djibouti , in: Rolf Hofmeier, Andreas Mehler (Hrsg.): Afrika-Jahrbuch 2003. Politics, Economy and Society in Africa south of the Sahara , ISBN 9783531143866 , p. 241
  4. ↑ President's backers win Djibouti poll , in: BBC News, January 11, 2003.
  5. ↑ Women and ruling party win Djibouti elections , in: afrol News, January 12, 2003.
  6. ↑ Ismaïl Omar Guelleh en route pour un troisième mandat , in: Jeune Afrique , April 19, 2010