The Party for Independence, Democracy and Solidarity (french: Parti pour l’Indépendance de la Démocratie et de la Solidarité, PIDS) is a political party 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 ...

History

The party was formed on 2 September 2001 as a breakaway from the

Sudanese Union – African Democratic Rally The Sudanese Union – African Democratic Rally (US-RDA) (french: Union Soudanaise-Rassemblement Démocratique Africain) was a political party in Mali. History The party was formed in 1945 by Mamadou Konaté and Modibo Keita under the name Sudanes ...

. Led by

Daba Diawara Daba Diawara (born August 15, 1951"Présidentielles: 24 SUR LA LIGNE DE D ...

, it was officially registered on 14 September. Diawara was the party's candidate in the 2002 presidential elections, finishing eleventh out of 24 candidates. In the

parliamentary elections A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...

later in the year, the party joined the

Hope 2002 Hope 2002 (''French:'' Espoir 2002) was a coalition of political parties in Mali that won a majority of seats in the parliamentary election of 2002. Its constituent parties were the Rally for Mali, led by Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, which won 46 sea ...

coalition. The alliance won 66 seats in the

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, with PIDS taking one. The party did not nominate a candidate for the 2013 presidential elections, but supported

Soumaïla Cissé Soumaïla Cissé (20 December 1949 – 25 December 2020) was a Malian politician who served in the government of Mali as Minister of Finance from 1993 to 2000. He thrice stood unsuccessfully as a presidential candidate, in 2002, 2013 and 2018; on ...

of the

Union for the Republic and Democracy The Union for the Republic and Democracy (French: ''Union pour la République et la Démocratie'', URD) is a political party in Mali, led by Soumaïla Cissé. History The party was formed by those who supported Soumaïla Cissé during the 2002 e ...

. The party contested the 2013 parliamentary elections,Participation status of political parties in the 2013 legislative elections
Ministry of the Interior but failed to win a seat.

References

{{Malian political parties Political parties in Mali Political parties established in 2001