The Rally of Progressive National Democrats (french: Rassemblement des démocrates nationaux progressistes, RDNP) is 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 ideological or p ...

in Haiti.

History

The RDNP was founded in 1979 by then exiled president

Leslie Manigat Leslie François Saint Roc Manigat (August 16, 1930 – June 27, 2014) was a Haitian politician who was elected as President of Haiti in a tightly controlled military held election in January 1988. He served as President for only a few months, fr ...

. It was registered officially as political party on 25 May 1987, but only on 15 July 1987 was it recognized by the electoral authorities. In the Haitian presidential election in 1988,

wins with 50.2% of the popular vote and was elected president. In the parliamentary elections in 1990, RDNP elected only one seat in Senate. In Haitian presidential elections in February 2006, its candidate

won 12.4% of the popular vote. In the 2006 Senate

elections An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold Public administration, public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative ...

, the party picked up 10.7% of the popular vote, yet only 1 out of 30 Senators. In the 2006 Chamber of Deputies

, the party won 4 out of 99 seats. In the Haitian presidential elections of 28 November 2010, the RDNP presented as candidate Mirlande Manigat, wife of the RDNP's founder. She won the first round by carrying 31.37%, and in the second ballot with

Michel Martelly Michel Joseph Martelly (; born 12 February 1961) is a Haitian musician and politician who was the President of Haiti from May 2011 until February 2016. He was sanctioned by the Canadian Government for his involvement in human rights violations ...

, she lost with only 31.74%. However, in the Parliamentary elections, the RDNP lost the seat that it had in the Chamber. In 2013, the party became a member of the Patriotic Movement of the Democratic Opposition (''Mouvement Patriotique de l'Opposition Démocratique'', MOPOD), a coalition of parties that oppose to President

. In 2018,

Eric Jean Baptiste Eric Jean Baptiste (13 August 1970 – 28 October 2022) was a Haitian politician and entrepreneur who served as the leader of the Rally of Progressive National Democrats from 16 August 2018 until his death on 28 October 2022. He was a candidate ...

was promoted as the new general secretary of the party. Baptiste was later assassinated on the way to his home in the Laboule 12 area of Port-au-Prince on 28 October 2022, when his car was ambushed.Haitian politician shot dead, as violent gangs and political turmoil push country to the 'edge of collapse'
, CNN

References

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* Political parties in Haiti Christian democratic parties in North America Haitian nationalism 1979 establishments in Haiti Political parties established in 1979 {{Haiti-party-stub