Patriotic Union for Democracy and Progress
Political party in the Republic of the Congo
The Patriotic Union for Democracy and Progress (Union Patriotique pour la Démocratie et le Progrès, UPDP) is a political party in the Republic of the Congo. It is led by Auguste-Célestin Gongarad Nkoua
In opposition to President Pascal Lissouba, the UPDP joined with six other parties to form the Union for Democratic Renewal (URD) opposition coalition on 27 August 1992.[1]
In the parliamentary election held on June 24 and August 5, 2007, the party won 2 out of 137 seats.[2]
References
- ^ Joachim Emmanuel Goma-Thethet, "Alliances in the political and electoral process in the Republic of Congo 1991–97", in Liberal Democracy and Its Critics in Africa: Political Dysfunction and the Struggle for Social Progress (2005), ed. Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo, Zed Books, page 111.
- ^ 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 (in French).
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