Democratic Forum for Modernity

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The Democratic Forum for Modernity (French: Forum Démocratique pour la Modernité, FODEM) is a political party in the Central African Republic.

History

The party was founded by Charles Massi on 27 November 1997 and legally recognized on 4 May 1998.[1] In the 1998 parliamentary elections it won two seats in the National Assembly. Massi was the party's candidate for the 1999 presidential elections, finishing eighth out of ten candidates with 1.3% of the vote.

In the first round of the presidential elections held on 13 March 2005, Massi won 3.2% of the vote.[2] He backed François Bozizé in the second round[3] and became a Minister of State in the government after the elections.[4] In the simultaneous National Assembly elections, the party was reduced to a single seat.

After Massi was appointed as Political Coordinator of the Union of Democratic Forces for the Rally (UFDR) rebel group,[5] FODEM rejected this move and expelled Massi from the party; it established a provisional political bureau on 22 May 2008 with Joseph Garba Ouangolé as President.[6]

In 2010 FODEM joined the Presidential Majority alliance in preparation for the 2011 general elections.[7] The party nominated six candidates for the 105 seats in the National Assembly,[8] and although the alliance won 11 seats, FODEM failed to win a seat.

References

  1. ↑ Charles Massi FODEM
  2. ↑ Elections in the Central African Republic, African Elections Database.
  3. ↑ Elections: MM. Ngoupandé et Massi apportent leur soutien à M. Bozizé AFP, 21 April 2005 (French)
  4. ↑ Lists of governments of the Central African Republic IZF (French)
  5. ↑ Cyriaque Gonda déplore la désignation de Charles Massi comme coordonnateur politique de l'UFDR ACAP, 14 May 2008 (French)
  6. ↑ Bienvenu Guinon du Fodem appelle au patriotisme des Centrafricains ACAP, 2 September 2008 (French)
  7. ↑ Political agreement between the parties of the Presidential Majority Journal de Bangui, 24 December 2010
  8. ↑ CAR: Number of National Assembly candidates by party in the 2011 election EISA

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