The National Unity Party ( pt, Partido da Unidade Nacional, PUN) was 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
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guin茅-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 馂馂き馂げ馂か 馂馂き馂ぇ馂あ馂馂け馂ぎ, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, Rep煤blica da Guin茅-Bissau, links=no ) ...
.
History
The party was established by
Idrissa Djal贸
Idrissa Djal贸 (born 6 January 1962) is a Bissau-Guinean politician and leader of the National Unity Party (PUN).
Djal贸, an entrepreneur, founded the PUN on July 26, 2001.''Political Parties of the World'' (6th edition, 2005), ed. Bogdan Szajkows ...
on 26 July 2001.
[Bogdan Szajkowski (2005) ''Political Parties of the World'', p273] In the
2004 parliamentary elections the party received 1.46% of the vote and failed to win a seat.
[ In the 2005 presidential election Djal贸 finished eighth with 0.8% of the vote.
The party boycotted the 2008 parliamentary elections, with Djal贸 claiming that "the ballot will not resolve any of the persistent great problems in the country".][Peter Karibe Mendy (2013) ''Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau'', Scarecrow Press, p328] It did not contest presidential elections in 2009
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or 2012
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, but supported the 2012 military coup.[
]
References
Defunct political parties in Guinea-Bissau
Political parties established in 2001
2001 establishments in Guinea-Bissau
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