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Party for Progress and Concord
Parti pour le Progrès et la Concorde
LeaderAlvera Mukabaramba
PresidentChristian Marara
ChairmanAlvera Mukabaramba
General SecretaryJean Thierry Karemera
Founded2003
Preceded byRepublican Democratic Movement
HeadquartersKigali
Chamber of Deputies
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The Party for Progress and Concord (Kinyarwanda: Ishyaka ry'Iterambere n'Ubusabane; French: Parti pour le Progrès et la Concorde, PPC) is a political party in Rwanda. The party's motto is: 'Development; Concord; Rwanda's Welfare'.[1]

History

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The party was established in 2003 after the banning of the Republican Democratic Movement.[2] In the 2003 parliamentary elections the party received 2% of the vote, failing to win a seat.

Prior to the 2008 parliamentary elections the party joined the Rwandan Patriotic Front-led coalition, and won a single seat in the Chamber of Deputies. It nominated Alvera Mukabaramba as its candidate for the 2010 presidential elections; she finished fourth out of the four candidates with 0.4% of the vote. The party remained part of the coalition for the 2013 elections, in which it retained its seat.

Platform

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The ideological focus of the PPC is economic and social development in Rwanda. The party's main commitments, as outlined on their website, are as follows:

  • Promote Rwandans’ living conditions mainly based on the Education For All Policy, good health, the promotion of the living conditions of the population and of housing in Rwanda;
  • Fight for the establishment of an efficient wage policy;
  • Promotion of justice, gender equality and citizenship;
  • Sensitisation of Rwandans about work;
  • Technology-based development and economy;
  • Facilitation of Rwandan population access to finances by establishing a programme reducing bank guarantee and loan interest rates. [3]

Election results

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Chamber of Deputies elections

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Election Party leader Votes % Seats +/– Government
2003 Christian Marara 83,563 2.22%
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 New Extra-parliamentary
2008[a] 3,655,956 78.76%
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 Increase 1 Government coalition
2013[a] 76.22%
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 Steady 0 Government coalition
2018[a] Alvera Mukabaramba 4,926,366 73.95%
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 Steady 0 Government coalition
2024[a] 6,126,433 68.83%
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 Decrease 1 Extra-parliamentary
  1. ^ a b c d Run as part of the RPF Coalition.

References

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  1. ^ "Party for Progress and Concord". www.ppc-rwanda.org. Archived from the original on 2021-01-27. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  2. ^ Arthur S Banks, Thomas C Miller, William R Overstreet & Judith F Isacoff (2009) Political Handbook of the World 2009, CQ Press, p1125
  3. ^ "Party for Progress and Concord". www.ppc-rwanda.org. Archived from the original on 2021-01-27. Retrieved 2021-01-18.


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