Rally for the Support of Democracy and Development

Rally for the Support of Democracy and Development

The Rally for the Support of Democracy and Development ( _fr. Rassemblement pour le soutien de la démocratie et du développement) is a political party in Togo. Its National President is Harry Olympio.

In the parliamentary election held on 27 October 2002, the RSDD won 3 out of 81 seats. The party led the first protests against the succession of President Gnassingbé Eyadéma by his son Faure Gnassingbé in February 2005. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4360569.stm "Togo opposition unity threatened"] , BBC News, March 18, 2005.] It supported Harry Olympio in the presidential election of 24 April 2005, but he withdrew shortly before the election; he nevertheless won 0.55 % of the vote.

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