Democratic Forum for Modernity

The Democratic Forum for Modernity (French: Forum Démocratique pour la Modernité, FODEM) is a political party in the Central African Republic. The party was founded by Charles Massi on 27 November 1997 and legally recognized on 4 May 1998.[1]

In the first round of the presidential election 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 election.[4]

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]

References

  1. ^ Profile of Massi on FODEM's website.
  2. ^ Elections in the Central African Republic, African Elections Database.
  3. ^ "Elections: MM. Ngoupandé et Massi apportent leur soutien à M. Bozizé", AFP (izf.net), April 21, 2005 (French).
  4. ^ Lists of governments of the Central African Republic, izf.net (French).
  5. ^ "Cyriaque Gonda déplore la désignation de Charles Massi comme coordonnateur politique de l'UFDR", ACAP, 14 May 2008 (French).
  6. ^ "Bienvenu Guinon du Fodem appelle au patriotisme des Centrafricains", ACAP, 2 September 2008 (French).

External links

Parliamentary parties
Other major parties
National Unity Party - Democratic Forum for Modernity