The Liberal Party (PL) (
French: Parti Liberal) is a small centrist, predominantly ethnic
Hutu
The Hutu (), also known as the Abahutu, are a Bantu ethnic or social group which is native to the African Great Lakes region. They mainly live in Rwanda, Burundi and the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where they form one of the prin ...
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
Burundi
Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili language, Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French language, French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the ...
.
The party was among the parties that signed the ''Declaration by the Participants to the Peace Negotiations in Burundi'' in 1998 in Arusha, Tanzania. The agreement demonstrates and provides for the following dimensions:
# The universal commitment to resolve the Burundi conflict by peaceful means and end all forms of violence.
# The commitment to resume talks in one month’s time.
# The setting of the agenda for the comprehensive negotiations.
# The appointment of the committees which are to assume responsibility for the various agenda items.
Formation
Parti Liberal was founded in 1992 by Gaëtan Nikobamye and supported President
Melchior Ndadaye
Melchior Ndadaye (28 March 1953 – 21 October 1993) was a Burundian intellectual and politician. He was the first democratically elected and first Hutu president of Burundi after winning the landmark 1993 Burundi presidential election, 1993 elect ...
in the Burundi 1993 elections.
References
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Liberal parties in Africa
Political parties in Burundi