Movement for the Liberation of the Central African People
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Movement for the Liberation of the Central African People
Mouvement pour la Libération du Peuple Centrafricain |
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| President | Martin Ziguélé |
| Founder | Ange-Félix Patassé |
| Founded | 28 March 1978 |
| Ideology | Democratic socialism |
| International affiliation |
Socialist International (observer) Progressive Alliance |
| Seats in the National Assembly |
9 / 100
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| Website | |
| lemlpc.net | |
The Movement for the Liberation of the Central African People (French: Mouvement pour la Libération du Peuple Centrafricain, MLPC) is a political party in the Central African Republic. It has been an observer member of the Socialist International since 2008, and is also a member of the Progressive Alliance.
The party was established on 28 March 1978 in Paris by former Prime Minister Ange-Félix Patassé as a Central African opposition movement. It called for the replacement of President David Dacko by a national council authorised to establish a 'provisional government of national unity'.
After multi-party politics was reintroduced in the early 1990s, the party won the 1993 general elections. Patassé was elected President, defeating Abel Goumba in the second round of the presidential elections by a margin of 53–46%. In the parliamentary elections, the MLPC won 34 of the 85 seats in the National Assembly, becoming the largest party. In the 1998 parliamentary elections the party won 47 of the 109 seats. However, the Union of Forces for Peace (UFAP) alliance, which opposed Patassé, obtained a parliamentary majority, with its members winning a combined 55 seats. Nevertheless, the MLPC was able to form a government after the defection of a UFAP MP. Patassé won the 1999 presidential elections in the first round with 51% of the vote, but was removed from office by a coup in 2003.
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