Party for Progress and Concord
Party for Progress and Concord Parti pour le Progrès et la Concorde | |
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Leader | Alivera Mukabaramba |
President | Christian Marara |
Chairman | Alivera Mukabaramba |
General Secretary | Jean Thierry Karemera |
Founded | 2003 |
Preceded by | Republican Democratic Movement |
Headquarters | Kigali |
Chamber of Deputies | 1 / 80 |
The Party for Progress and Concord (Kinyarwanda: Ishyaka ry'Iterambere n'Ubusabane; French: Parti pour le Progrès et la Concorde, PPC) is a political party in Rwanda. The party's motto is: 'Development; Concord; Rwanda's Welfare'.[1]
History
[edit]The party was established in 2003 after the banning of the Republican Democratic Movement.[2] In the 2003 parliamentary elections the party received 2% of the vote, failing to win a seat.
Prior to the 2008 parliamentary elections the party joined the Rwandan Patriotic Front-led coalition, and won a single seat in the Chamber of Deputies. It nominated Alvera Mukabaramba as its candidate for the 2010 presidential elections; she finished fourth out of the four candidates with 0.4% of the vote. The party remained part of the coalition for the 2013 elections, in which it retained its seat.
Platform
[edit]The ideological focus of the PPC is economic and social development in Rwanda. The party's main commitments, as outlined on their website, are as follows:
- Promote Rwandans’ living conditions mainly based on the Education For All Policy, good health, the promotion of the living conditions of the population and of housing in Rwanda;
- Fight for the establishment of an efficient wage policy;
- Promotion of justice, gender equality and citizenship;
- Sensitisation of Rwandans about work;
- Technology-based development and economy;
- Facilitation of Rwandan population access to finances by establishing a programme reducing bank guarantee and loan interest rates. [3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Party for Progress and Concord". www.ppc-rwanda.org. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ^ Arthur S Banks, Thomas C Miller, William R Overstreet & Judith F Isacoff (2009) Political Handbook of the World 2009, CQ Press, p1125
- ^ "Party for Progress and Concord". www.ppc-rwanda.org. Retrieved 2021-01-18.