Coordination of New Forces (french: Coordination des Forces Nouvelles, CFN) is a
political party
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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 ...
led by
.
History
The CFN was initially a coalition composed of three political parties—the Democratic Union for Renewal (UDR), the Socio-Liberal Party of Togo (SOLITO) and the Alliance for the Renewal of the Nation (ARENA)—along with three associations—BASE, CODEPO, UNIFED— and led by Koffigoh, who was then transitional Prime Minister. It held its constitutive assembly on 11 June 1993 at the Palais des Congrès in
Lomé
Lomé is the capital and largest city of Togo. It has an urban population of 837,437 . In the
February 1994 parliamentary elections the CFN won only one seat,
[Bogdan Szajkowski (2005) ''Political Parties of the World, 6th edition'', p591] and Koffigoh resigned as Prime Minister in March 1994.
[Togo Premier Named]
''The New York Times'', 24 April 1994 The CFN failed to win a seat in the March 1999 parliamentary elections,[ and boycotted the October 2002 parliamentary elections.][La CFN de Me. Joseph Kokou KOFFIGOH se retire de la course aux législatives d'octobre 2002]
Togo Confidentiel, 8 October 2002 In ran in the October 2007 parliamentary elections, but received just 0.09% of the vote and again failed to win a seat.[Le RPT remporte les premières élections pluralistes]
Republic of Togo, 30 October 2007
References
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Political parties in Togo
Political parties established in 1993
1993 establishments in Togo