Rally for Democracy and Progress (Chad)

The Rally for Democracy and Progress (Arabic: التجمع من أجل الديمقراطية والتقدم, French: Rassemblement pour la démocratie et le progrès) is a political party in Chad, led by Lol Mahamat Choua.

Rally for Democracy and Progress
التجمع للديمقراطية والتقدم
Rassemblement pour la démocracie et le progrès
PresidentMahamat Allahou Taher
FounderLol Mahamat Choua
FoundedDecember 1991
Legalised16 March 1992
HeadquartersN'Djamena
SloganDignité, Justice, Travail
Seats in the National Assembly
25 / 155

The party was founded by Choua in December 1991 and was among the first batch of political parties to be legalized in March 1992.[1]

In the parliamentary election held on 21 April 2002, the party, allied to the ruling Patriotic Salvation Movement, won 12 out of 155 seats.

However, since the 2005 Chad constitutional referendum, which would allow President Idriss Déby to eliminate presidential terms, the RDP has been part of the opposition.

References

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  1. ^ Political Parties of the World (7th edition, 2009), ed. Bogdan Szajkowski, page 114.