Realising Freedom's Capability, also known as Uwezo (''Leadership''), was a political party in the
Comoros.
History
The party was established in
Paris
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by former Foreign Minister
Mouzawar Abdallah in 1984 as the Union for a Democratic Republic in the Comoros (''Union pour une République Démocratique aux Comores'', URDC).
[Martin Ottenheimer & Harriet Ottenheimer (1994) ''Historical Dictionary of the Comoro Islands'', Scarecrow Press, p86] In 1990 it was reorganised as UWEZO.
[ The party was part of the "no" camp for the 1992 constitutional referendum. It won a single seat in the ]1992 elections
The following elections occurred in the year 1992.
Africa
* 1992 Angolan general election
* 1992 Burkinabé parliamentary election
* 1992 Cameroonian parliamentary election
* 1992 Cameroonian presidential election
* 1992 Central African Republi ...
, and retained it in early elections the following year.
The party nominated Mouzawar as its candidate for the 1996 presidential elections. Abdallah failed to make the second round. Later in 1996 it was one of several parties that merged to form the National Rally for Development
The National Rally for Development (french: Rassemblement National pour le Développement, RND) was a political party in the Comoros.
History
The RND was established on 6 October 1996 as a merger of the National Union for Democracy in the Comoros ...
.Comoros Islands: Constitutional referendum
African Intelligence, 12 October 1996
References
Defunct political parties in the Comoros
Political parties established in 1984
Political parties disestablished in 1996
1984 establishments in France
1996 disestablishments in the Comoros
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