Inite

Patriotic Unity
Haitian Creole: Inite Patriyotik
General Secretary Marie Denise Claude
Founder René Préval
Founded 2009 (2009)[1]
Preceded by Lespwa
Headquarters Port-au-Prince
Ideology Progressivism
Social democracy
Political position Centre-left
International affiliation None
Colours           Green, yellow
Chamber of Deputies
4 / 119
Senate
5 / 30

The Patriotic Unity (Haitian Creole: Inite Patriyotik) is a Centre-left, Social-democratic political party in Haiti. The party founder and leader, René Préval served as the president of Haiti from 2006 to 2011.

History

The party was created simply as Inite in late 2009 as a successor of Lespwa, a political platform created by René Préval during his presidential candidacy in 2006. In November 2009 Lespwa was dissolved and merged into the new party, which included some factions from the National Christian Union for the Reconstruction of Haiti (Union Nationale Chrétienne pour la Reconstruction d'Haïti), the Movement for National Reconstruction (Mouvement pour la Reconstruction Nationale), the Country Organization Movement (Mouvement d'Organisation du Pays), and the Open the Gate Party (Parti Louvri Barye).[1]

In the 2010 elections Jude Célestin was its presidential candidate, finishing second but he did not advance to the second round because of allegations made to the Provisional Electoral Council.[1] In the parliamentary election, it gained 35 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 11 in the Senate.

The party was renamed in April 2015 as Patriotic Unity (Inite Patriyotik), after the merger with two other political groups.[2] At almost the same time, René Préval and his supporters founded Truth (Vérité in French), a new political party. Both parties are going to compete in the 2015 parliamentary elections in separate ways. Inite Patriyotik presented 8 candidates for the Senate and 39 for the Chamber of Deputies.[3][4][5][6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Landsford, Tom (2014). Political Handbook of the World 2015.
  2. ↑ INITE s’est alliée à deux autres entités pour former le regroupement dénommé INITE Patriyotik
  3. ↑ Liste Des Sénateurs Acceptés 13/05/2015 (Accepted candidates for senator 13/05/2015)
  4. ↑ Conseil Electoral Provisoire (Accepted candidates for senator)
  5. ↑ Liste Des Deputés Acceptés (13/05/2015)| (Accepted candidates for deputy) (13/05/2015)
  6. ↑ Conseil Electoral Provisoire (Accepted candidates for deputy)
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