Patriotic Salvation Movement

The Patriotic Salvation Movement (Arabic: الحركة الوطنية للإنقاذ;[romanization needed] French: Mouvement patriotique du salut, MPS) is the ruling political party in Chad.

Patriotic Salvation Movement
Mouvement Patriotique du Salut
Arabic nameالحركة الوطنية للإنقاذ
AbbreviationMPS
PresidentHaroun Kabadi
Secretary-GeneralMahamat Zen Bada
Honorary PresidentMahamat Déby[1]
FounderIdriss Déby
Abbas Koty
Bada Abbas Maldoum
Hissein Dassert
Founded11 March 1990 (1990-03-11)
Merger of1 April Movement
MOSONAT
FAT/MRP
IdeologyNationalism
Authoritarianism[4]
Secularism[5]
Political positionBig tent
SloganMourir pour le Salut
('Dying for Salvation')
Seats in the National Assembly
110 / 188
Website
www.mps-tchad.org

History

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After Idriss Déby, an army commander who participated in an unsuccessful plot against President Hissène Habré in 1989, fled to Sudan, he and his supporters, known as the 1 April Movement, operated from Sudan with Libyan backing and carried out attacks across the border into Chad. The MPS was founded in Sudan on 10 March 1990 through the merger of the 1 April Movement with other anti-Habre groups in exile. After a successful offensive in November 1990, Déby and the MPS came to power on 2 December 1990, when their forces entered N'Djamena, the Chadian capital.[6]

Déby was the MPS candidate in the 1996 presidential election and won in a second round. He was again the MPS candidate in the presidential election of 20 May 2001, receiving 63.2% of the vote. In the parliamentary election held on 21 April 2002, the MPS won according to IPU Parline 113 out of 155 seats. In the May 2006 presidential election, Déby was re-elected with 64.7% of the vote.

Election history

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Presidential elections

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Election Party candidate First round Second round Result
Votes % Votes %
1996 Idriss Déby 1,016,277 43.82% 2,102,907 69.09% Elected  Y
2001 1,533,509 63.17% Elected  Y
2006 1,863,042 64.67% Elected  Y
2011 2,503,813 88.66% Elected  Y
2016 2,219,352 59.92% Elected  Y
2021[a] 3,663,431 79.32% Elected  Y
2024 Mahamat Déby 3,777,279 61.00% Elected  Y
  1. ^ After the 2021 election Idriss Déby died before the inauguration due injury while leading troop during the Northern Chad offensive.

National Assembly elections

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Election Party leader Votes % Votes % Seats +/– Position Result
First round Second round
1997 504,045 40.0% 262,060% 34.4%
65 / 125
  65   1st Majority government
2002 Nagoum Yamassoum
113 / 155
  48   1st Supermajority government
2011 Haroun Kabadi in alliance with RDP and RNDP
134 / 187
  21   1st MPS–RDPRNDP coalition government

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Opposition condemns designation of Chad's military ruler as presidential candidate". Voice of America. The Standard. 16 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  2. ^ Staff member. "Tchad: La dictature continue par d'autres moyens". Civicus Lens. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  3. ^ Picco, Enrica; Bouessel, Charles. "Chad: Averting the Risk of Post-transition Instability". Crisis Group. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  4. ^ [2][3]
  5. ^ https://mjp.univ-perp.fr/constit/td1991.htm [bare URL]
  6. ^ Bernard Lanne, "Chad: Regime Change, Increased Insecurity, and Blockage of Further Reforms", Political Reform in Francophone Africa (1997), ed. Clark and Gardinier, pages 274–275.