Democratic Forum for Modernity

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The Democratic Forum for Modernity (French: Forum Démocratique pour la Modernité, FODEM) is a political party in the Central African Republic.

History

The party was founded by Charles Massi on 27 November 1997 and legally recognized on 4 May 1998.^[1] In the 1998 parliamentary elections it won two seats in the National Assembly. Massi was the party's candidate for the 1999 presidential elections, finishing eighth out of ten candidates with 1.3% of the vote.

In the first round of the presidential elections held on 13 March 2005, Massi won 3.2% of the vote.^[2] He backed François Bozizé in the second round^[3] and became a Minister of State in the government after the elections.^[4] In the simultaneous National Assembly elections, the party was reduced to a single seat.

After Massi was appointed as Political Coordinator of the Union of Democratic Forces for the Rally (UFDR) rebel group,^[5] FODEM rejected this move and expelled Massi from the party; it established a provisional political bureau on 22 May 2008 with Joseph Garba Ouangolé as President.^[6]

In 2010 FODEM joined the Presidential Majority alliance in preparation for the 2011 general elections.^[7] The party nominated six candidates for the 105 seats in the National Assembly,^[8] and although the alliance won 11 seats, FODEM failed to win a seat.

References

↑ Charles Massi FODEM
↑ Elections in the Central African Republic, African Elections Database.
↑ Elections: MM. Ngoupandé et Massi apportent leur soutien à M. Bozizé AFP, 21 April 2005 (French)
↑ Lists of governments of the Central African Republic IZF (French)
↑ Cyriaque Gonda déplore la désignation de Charles Massi comme coordonnateur politique de l'UFDR ACAP, 14 May 2008 (French)
↑ Bienvenu Guinon du Fodem appelle au patriotisme des Centrafricains ACAP, 2 September 2008 (French)
↑ Political agreement between the parties of the Presidential Majority Journal de Bangui, 24 December 2010
↑ CAR: Number of National Assembly candidates by party in the 2011 election EISA

External links

Official website

Political parties in the Central African Republic

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Extraparliamentary parties	Alliance for Democracy and Progress Central African Republican Party Congress of Central African Social Democrats Democratic Forum for Modernity Democratic Movement for the Renaissance and Evolution of Central Africa Liberal Democratic Party Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa National Democratic Front National Unity Party Patriotic Front for Progress

Defunct parties	Central African Democratic Union Central African National Liberation Movement Civic Forum Democratic Evolution Movement of Central Africa Independent Grouping for Reflection Löndö Association Movement for Democracy and Independence Movement for Unity, Peace and Security National Convention People's Union for the Republic Republican Progressive Party

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