The Democratic Movement for the Renaissance and Evolution of Central Africa (french: Mouvement Démocratique pour la Renaissance et l'Evolution en Centrafrique, MDREC) is a political party in the

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History

The party was established in 1990,CAR: Parties that contested the 2011 National Assembly election
EISA and led by Joseph Bendounga, a campaigner for democracy and mayor of the capital

Bangui Bangui () (or Bangî in Sango, formerly written Bangi in English) is the capital and largest city of the Central African Republic. It was established as a French outpost in 1889 and named after its location on the northern bank of the Ubangi ...

. In mid-1992 Bendounga was arrested and sent to prison for six months for criticising President

André Kolingba André-Dieudonné Kolingba (12 August 1936 – 7 February 2010) was a Central African politician, who was the fourth President of the Central African Republic (CAR), from 1 September 1981 until 1 October 1993. He took power from President David ...

.Arthur Banks, Thomas C Muller, William R Overstreet & Judith F Isacoff (2009) ''Political Handbook of the World 2009'', CQ Press, p236 In the 1993 general elections the party won a single seat in the

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.Elections in the Central African Republic
African Elections Database In the 1999 presidential elections the party supported incumbent President

Ange-Félix Patassé Ange-Félix Patassé (January 25, 1937 – April 5, 2011) was a Central African politician who was President of the Central African Republic from 1993 until 2003, when he was deposed by the rebel leader François Bozizé in the 2003 coup d'ét ...

. Although Bendounga was chosen as the party's candidate for the 2005 presidential elections and he applied to contest the elections, his name did not appear on the ballot. The party contested the 2011 parliamentary elections, although it only put forward two candidates, and failed to win a seat. It subsequently backed

Séléka Séléka CPSK-CPJP-UFDR was an alliance of rebel militia groups that subjugated the Central African Republic (CAR) on 24 March 2013. After its official dissolution in September 2013, the remaining rebel groups became known as Ex-Séléka. Sél� ...

in their overthrow of the President

François Bozizé François Bozizé Yangouvonda (born 14 October 1946) is a Central African politician who was President of the Central African Republic from 2003 to 2013. Bozizé rose to become a high-ranking army officer in the 1970s, under the rule of Jean-B� ...

in 2013.Tom Lansford (2014) ''Political Handbook of the World 2014'', CQ Press, p254

References

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