The Front for Democracy and the Republic (french: Front pour la démocratie et la république) is an opposition coalition in
Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali ...
that fought the
presidential election
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on 29 April 2007 and the
parliamentary election
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of 1 July and 22 July 2007. The FDR is an umbrella organisation, bringing together 16 independent political parties and groups. It rejected the official results of the election, according to which incumbent president
Amadou Toumani Touré
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won with about 71% of the vote, and alleged fraud, unsuccessfully asking the Constitutional Court to annul the election.
["Présidentielle au Mali: la Cour constitutionnelle valide la réélection de Touré"]
, AFP (Jeuneafrique.com), May 12, 2007 . On 19 May, the leading FDR candidate, National Assembly president
Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita, said that the group would abide by the court's decision to confirm Touré's victory and would concentrate on the
July 2007 parliamentary election.
"Mali/présidentielle: l'opposition finit par accepter une défaite trop large"
AFP (Jeuneafrique.com), May 20, 2007 .
Of the eight candidates who fought the presidential election, four were affiliated with the FDR alliance:
* Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita (RPM)
* (PARENA)
*Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga
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(Convergence 2007)
*Mamadou Blaise Sangaré
Mamadou Bakary "Blaise" Sangaré (born 16 November 1954) is a Malian politician. He is the President of the Social Democratic Convention (CDS-Mogotigiya).[Rally for Mali
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(RPM)
*Party for National Rebirth
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(PARENA)
*Social Democratic Convention
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Mamadou Bakary "Blaise" Sangaré (born 16 November 1954 ...
(CDS-Mogotiguiya)
*Concertation démocratique
*COPP
*DPM
*Faso
*MPDD
*PARI
*PER
*PRDDM
*RDR
*RDT
*RJP
*Convergence 2007
*ADJ
In the July 2007 parliamentary election, the FDR won a total of 15 out of 147 seats: 11 for the RPM and four for PARENA.["Mali: Résultats définitifs des Législatives - l'Adéma/PASJ perd dans trois localités"]
''Les Echos'' (allAfrica.com), August 13, 2007 .
References
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