Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral Development

The Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral Development (Mouvement Congolais pour la Démocratie et le Développement Intégral) is a political party in the Republic of the Congo, led by Bernard Kolélas.

The party was founded by Kolélas; its statutes were deposited at the Ministry of the Interior on August 3, 1989.^[1] Kolélas was the MCDDI's candidate in the August 1992 presidential election, in which he placed second behind Pascal Lissouba of the Pan-African Union for Social Democracy (UPADS).

Didier Sengha, an MCDDI deputy in the National Assembly, left the MCDDI in April 1995^[2] and founded a new party, the Party of Unity, Work and Progress (PUTP), in May 1995. The new party said that the MCDDI had abandoned its principles^[3] and that Kolélas controlled the MCDDI in an autocratic manner;^[2] Kolélas, in turn, denounced Sengha as a criminal,^[2][3] saying that he was guilty of embezzlement and misappropriating funds.^[3]

The MCDDI and the Congolese Labour Party (PCT) of President Denis Sassou Nguesso signed an agreement on April 24, 2007 to form an alliance for the 2007 parliamentary election as well as subsequent local, senatorial, and presidential elections.^[4][5] In the parliamentary election, held on June 24 and August 5, 2007, the party won 11 out of 137 seats in the National Assembly.^[6]

References

1. ^ Patrice Yengo, La guerre civile du Congo-Brazzaville, 1993-2002: "chacun aura sa part" (2006), KARTHALA Editions, page 62 (French).
2. ^ ^{a b c} John F. Clark, "Congo: Transition and the Struggle to Consolidate", in Political Reform in Francophone Africa (1997), ed. John F. Clark and David E. Gardinier, page 76.
3. ^ ^{a b c} Political Parties of the World (6th edition, 2005), ed. Bogdan Szajkowski, page 140.
4. ^ "Republic of Congo's parties in political alliance", Xinhua (People's Daily Online), April 26, 2007.
5. ^ Willy Mbossa and Roger Ngombé, "Le MCDDI et le PCT de nouveau alliés pour gouverner ensemble", Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, April 24, 2007 (French).
6. ^ For detailed results see Republic of the Congo parliamentary election, 2007 and "L'alliance présidentielle occupe 125 des 137 sièges parlementaires", Xinhua (Jeuneafrique.com), August 25, 2007 (French).