Federation, Action for the Republic
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Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Federation, Action for the Republic (Template:Langx, FAR/Parti Fédération) is a political party in Chad. It is considered a radical opposition party and is led by Ngarlejy Yorongar. The FAR supports federalism.[1]
In the 1997 parliamentary election, the FAR won one seat in the National Assembly.[1][2][3] Yorongar was the only FAR candidate to win a seat.[3]
Its candidate for the 20 May 2001 presidential election, Yorongar, was a prominent critic of the Chad-Cameroon pipeline. According to official results, he won 396,864 votes, or 6.35%.[4] Six opposition candidates were detained on May 30 after contesting the results. Yorongar, along with fellow opposition leader Abderhamane Djesnebaye, was tortured, including by being beaten with iron bars.[5]
In the 2002 parliamentary election, the party won 10 out of 155 seats.[6][7]
The party boycotted the 2006 presidential election.[8]
The FAR was the only major opposition party to not sign a 2007 agreement that provided for improved electoral organization ahead of the next parliamentary election. Yorongar criticized the agreement as inadequate and said that there should instead be a dialogue involving the entire political scene, including rebels, the exiled opposition, and civil society, and that a credible election could not be conducted while a rebellion was taking place in part of the country.[9]
References
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- ↑ a b Political Parties of the World (6th edition, 2005), ed. Bogdan Szajkowski, page 118.
- ↑ IPU-PARLINE page on 2002 parliamentary election.
- ↑ a b "RAPPORT DE LA MISSION D’OBSERVATION DU DEUXIEME TOURDES ELECTIONS LEGISLATIVES DU 23 FEVRIER 1997" Template:Webarchive, democratie.francophonie.org Template:In lang.
- ↑ Elections in Chad, African Elections Database.
- ↑ "Chad: Violent crackdown on peaceful protesters" Template:Webarchive, Amnesty International, June 12, 2001.
- ↑ IPU-PARLINE page on 2002 parliamentary election.
- ↑ List of members of the Federation Parliamentary Group Template:Webarchive, May 2002.
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- ↑ "Tchad: l'opposant Yorongar refuse de perdre du temps à signer un accord vain" Template:Webarchive, AFP (Jeuneafrique.com), August 14, 2007 Template:In lang.
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