Union for the Republic National Movement
Encyclopedia
The Union for the Republic National Movement (Union pour la République - Mouvement national, UNIR NM) is a political party of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(DRC) that was formed in 2001 by Frédéric Boyenga-Bofala
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...
(DRC) that was formed in 2001 by Frédéric Boyenga-Bofala
Boyenga Bofala
Frederic Boyenga-Bofala is a Doctor in public international law and former teacher-researcher to the university of Lille 2.Boyenga-Bofala was born in Mbandaka in Équateur Province...
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Mission
The party describes its mission as:- "To remake the republic is the sacred mission of a generation - we must reconcile ourselves with our history, without a spirit of vengeance. We must reconcile ourselves with our dead"
Chronology
- 2001: UNIR NM formed during the Second Congo WarSecond Congo WarThe Second Congo War, also known as Coltan War and the Great War of Africa, began in August 1998 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , and officially ended in July 2003 when the Transitional Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo took power; however, hostilities continue to this...
- 2003: UNIR MN boycotts the Global and All-Inclusive Agreement that forms the Transitional Government of the Democratic Republic of the CongoTransitional Government of the Democratic Republic of the CongoThe Transitional Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo was tasked with moving from the state riven by the Second Congo War to a government based upon a constitution agreed on by consensus. In 2001 President Laurent Kabila was assassinated and his son Joseph Kabila was named head of state...
- 2005: UNIR NM campaigns against the new constitutionConstitution of the Democratic Republic of the CongoThe Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the basic law governing the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Constitution has been changed and/or replaced several times since its independence in 1960.- Current Constitution :...
- 2006: UNIR NM boycotts the general electionsDemocratic Republic of the Congo general election, 2006General elections were held in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on July 30, 2006, the first multiparty elections in the country in 41 years. Voters went to the polls to elect both a new President of the Republic and a new National Assembly, the lower-house of the Parliament.The polls were...
External links
- Union for the Republic National Movement - UNIR NM official site (in French)