The Union for Change ( pt, União para a Mudança, UM) is a political alliance in
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ) ...
.
History
The UM was established in 1994 as an alliance of six parties; the
Democratic Front (FD), the
Democratic Party of Progress (PDP), the
Democratic Social Front
The Democratic Social Front ( pt, Frente Democrática Social, FDS) is a political party in Guinea-Bissau.
History
The party was established in March 1990 by Rafael Paula Barbosa, a founder and the first President of the ruling African Party for ...
(FDS), the
Guinean League for Ecological Protection
The Guinean League for Ecological Protection ( pt, Liga Guineense para a Protecção Ecológica, LIPE) is a political party in Guinea-Bissau.
History
The party was established on 20 July 1991 by Bubácar Rachid Djaló, and was legalised on 8 Se ...
(LIPE), the
Party for Renewal and Development (PRD) and the
Unity Movement for Democracy (MUD).
[Peter Karibe Mendy (2013) ''Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau'', Scarecrow Press, p402] It was headed by
Amin Michel Saad, the leader of the PDP. In the
1994 general elections the party put forward LIPE's
Bubacar Rachid Djaló as its presidential candidate. Djaló finished sixth with 3% of the vote, but in the parliamentary elections the alliance received 13% of the vote and won six seats in the
National People's Assembly.
Following the
civil war
A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country).
The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...
in 1998 and 1999, the FD left the Union to join the
Democratic Alliance. The FDS also left the Union to contest the
1999–2000 general elections alone. The elections saw the alliance nominate Djaló as its presidential candidate for a second time. He again received only 3% of the vote, and the party also lost three of its seats in the National People's Assembly. In 2002 LIPE left the Union to join the
Electoral Union
The Electoral Union ( pt, União Eleitoral, UE) was a political alliance in Guinea-Bissau.
History
The UE was established in 2002 as an alliance of the Guinean League for Ecological Protection (LIPE), the Party of Renewal and Progress (PRP), the ...
.
The
2004 parliamentary elections saw the party lose its three remaining seats, and it did not nominate a candidate for the presidential elections in
2005 presidential elections. Prior to the
2008 parliamentary elections the UM joined the wider
Alliance of Patriotic Forces
The Alliance of Patriotic Forces ( pt, Aliança de Forças Patrioticas, AFP) was a political alliance in Guinea-Bissau. It consisted of the Union for Change (UM), Guinean Civic Forum-Social Democracy (FCG-SD), the Democratic Social Front (FDS) and ...
coalition, which failed to win a seat in the Assembly. By then MUD and PRD had become inactive.
[Mendy, p319]
The alliance did not nominate candidates for the
2009
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or
2012 presidential elections, but returned to contest the
2014 parliamentary elections, winning a single seat.
References
Political party alliances in Guinea-Bissau
Political parties established in 1994
1994 establishments in Guinea-Bissau
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