African Independence Party (in
French: ''Parti Africain de l'Indépendance'') is a
political party
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in
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤠(Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤠ðž ...
, which was led by
Majhmoud Diop.
At the 1972 congress of the original
African Independence Party African Independence Party (in French: ''Parti Africain de l'Indépendance'') was a communist party in French West Africa (AOF). PAI was founded in Thiès, Senegal in 1957. Later as AOF was dissolved into independent countries the local PAI sectio ...
in Senegal, the former general secretary, Majhmoud Diop, was expelled. In 1976, in the context of rapprochement from the side of the government, Diop was welcomed to return from exile. Rapidly he gathered his followers and formed a 'Provisional Committee for Renewal of PAI'. Amongst his aides were Baba Ndiaye and Bara Goudiaby. Effectively this group started function as a separate party, calling itself PAI. Generally it became known as ''PAI-Rénovation'' (Renewal), distinguishing it from the original PAI (which was called ''PAI-Sénégal'').
Background
In an attempt to move away from the
one-party system
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, the National Assembly of Senegal adopted a law on July 9, 1975, which would give way to a three party system. The law identified that three distinct ideological tendencies would be represented in the political life of the country:
liberal and democratic,
socialist and democratic and
Marxist-Leninist. The governing
UPS
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was accorded the role as the Social Democratic party and the main opposition
PDS
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was legalized to take the role as the liberal democratic party.
On August 14, 1976 PAI-Rénovation was registered as a legal political party under the name 'PAI'. It was recognized to take the role of the legal left in the three party system. (PAI-Sénégal was later (in 1981, after the abolition of the three party system) registered as
Party of Independence and Work (PIT).)
In the 1978 elections PAI of Diop came third with 3734 votes (0.3% of the total vote).
In 1979 PAI of Diop was joined by a tendency of
LD led by Moussa Kane.
PAI publishes the party
newspaper
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''
Momsarev''.
External links
Party website
References
*Zuccarelli, François. ''La vie politique sénégalaise (1940-1988)''. Paris: CHEAM, 1988.
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Political parties established in 1976
Communist parties in Senegal