Patriotic Front for Progress

The Patriotic Front for Progress (French: Front Patriotique pour le Progrès, FPP) is a political party in the Central African Republic. It is an observer member of the Socialist International.[1]

Patriotic Front for Progress
PresidentAlexandre Goumba
Founded1991
HeadquartersBangui
IdeologyDemocratic socialism
Social democracy
Political positionCentre-left
International affiliationSocialist International (Observer)

History

The FPP was established in 1991.[2] It won seven seats in the National Assembly in the 1993 general elections, emerging as the joint third-largest party. Its presidential candidate Abel Goumba received 21.7% of the vote in the first round, progressing to the second round where he was defeated by Ange-Félix Patassé by a margin of 53–47%. The party won seven seats again in the 1998 parliamentary elections. In the presidential elections the following year the party nominated Gouma again; he finished fourth out of ten candidates with 7% of the vote.

In 2002, the party suspended its participation in the opposition coalition.[3] In the 2005 general elections Goumba was the party's presidential candidate again, receiving only 2.5% of the vote and finishing sixth out of eleven candidates.[4] In the parliamentary elections, the FPP was reduced to just two seats.[5] Goumba ran for a seat in the National Assembly but was defeated.[6] However, his wife Anne-Marie won a seat.[6][7]

Goumba's son Alexandre was elected by acclamation to succeed him as President of the FPP on 5 March 2006 at an extraordinary general assembly of the party.[8] However, this was followed by an internal dispute; ultimately the Council of State recognized the legitimacy of Alexandre Goumba's election on 16 May 2008, and he was invested as FPP President on 4 October 2008.[9]

In 2010 the party joined the Presidential Majority alliance in preparation for the 2011 general elections.[10] Although it nominated 20 candidates,[11] it failed to win a seat.

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