MPDD (Mouvement Patriotique pour la Democratie et la Développement, or Patriotic Movement for Democracy and Development) is a political party in

Togo Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its c ...

. It is led by

Agbéyomé Kodjo Messan Agbéyomé Gabriel Kodjo (born 12 October 1954"Yamgnane recalé" ...

, who stood as the party's candidate for the

2020 Togolese presidential election Presidential elections were held in Togo on 22 February 2020. Incumbent president Faure Gnassingbé of the Union for the Republic (UPR) was re-elected for his fourth term with 71% of the vote in the first round. His closest challenger was Agbéyo ...

. As of 2019, it had 2 mayors, 4 deputy mayors, 25 municipal councilors and 2

National assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repre ...

members. Its headquarters are located in the Togolese capital

Lomé Lomé is the capital and largest city of Togo. It has an urban population of 837,437

. During the

, Kodjo was supported by former politician and Archbishop Emeritus of Lome

Philippe Fanoko Kpodzro Philippe Fanoko Kossi Kpodzro (born 30 March 1930) is a Togolese Roman Catholic bishop. He was ordained as a priest on 20 December 1959 in Rome, later ordained as Bishop of Atakpamé on 2 May 1976. He was born in Tomégbé. He was Archbishop of ...

. Both Kodjo and Kpodzro were placed under house arrest by Togolese authorities during the election, with external media sources suggesting it was politically motivated. Both men were re-arrested by Togolese gendarmes on April 22 after Kodjo disputed the results of the election. Fifteen MPDD supporters, who were arrested at the same time as Kodjo, were released in August following four months of detention.

Ideology

The party has called for swift constitutional reforms and pledged to fight against corruption in Togo.

References

Political parties in Togo 2019 establishments in Africa {{Togo-party-stub