Democratic Evolution Movement of Central Africa (french: Mouvement d'Evolution Démocratique de l'Afrique Centrale, MEDAC) was a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

in the

Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the DR Congo to the south, the Republic of th ...

led by Abel Goumba.

History

MEDAC was founded in 1960 by Goumba and Pierre Maléombho, the former president of the

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who was ousted by Dacko, after they left the

Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa The Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa (french: Mouvement pour l'évolution sociale de l'Afrique noire; MESAN) was a political party in the Central African Republic. In its original form, it was a nationalist quasi-religious party ...

. In late 1960 MEDAC mobilized protests against the increasingly authoritarian rule of

David Dacko David Dacko (; 1927 – 21 November 2003) was a Central African politician who served as the first president of the Central African Republic from 14 August 1960 to 1 January 1966, and 3rd President from 21 September 1979 to 1 September 1981. Af ...

. Goumba became more and more critical of the French backing of Dacko. At a parliamentary session, MEDAC MPs staged a walk-out following accusations by Dacko that MEDAC was supporting tribalism. On 23 December MEDAC was dissolved by the government. Goumba's parliamentary immunity was repealed, and together with seven other MEDAC leaders he was arrested.Thomas O'Toole (1986) ''The Central African Republic: The Continent's Hidden Heart'', Westview Press

References

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