Democratic League - Movement for the Labour Party
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The Democratic League-Movement for the Labour Party (Ligue Démocratique-Mouvement pour le Parti du Travail) is a political party in Senegal.
The congress of the General Union of Senegalese Students Probationary Teachers in Europe held in April 1975 provoked a split on behalf of the students of PAI. The students, who went on to form LD, wanted a more radical Marxist-Leninist party.
Beginning in 1978 one tendency led by Moussa Kane of takes contact with the PAI of Majhmout Diop. On March 29 Kane and his followers joined the legal PAI.
LD founded the monthly magazine Vérité.
LD was recognized as a legal political party on July 9th, 1981. After legalization it started publishing Fagaru.
Since the late 1970's LD started advocating the unification of the Marxist left in Senegal to a unitary party (they proposed the name Parti Sénégalais du Travail). Thus it later changed its name to LD/MPT.
At the last legislative elections, on the 29th of April 2001, the party was part of the Coalition Sopi, that won 49.6% of the popular vote and 89 out of 120 seats.
After the election of Abdoulaye Wade was elected president in 2000 (with the support of LD/MPT), LD/MPT joined the government. LD/MPT broke with Wade and left the government in July 2005.
The general secretary of LD/MPT is Abdoulaye Bathily, Minister of Environment in the first Wade government.
The party no longer identifies itself as a Communist party.
The youth wing of LD/MPT is known as Democratic Youth Movement (MJD).
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