Cameroon Renaissance Movement
Appearance
Cameroon Renaissance Movement Mouvement pour la Renaissance du Cameroun | |
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President | Maurice Kamto |
Founded | August 2012 |
Headquarters | Yaoundé |
Seats in the National Assembly | 0 / 180 |
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The Cameroon Renaissance Movement (French: Mouvement pour la Renaissance du Cameroun, MRC) is a political party in Cameroon.
History
[edit]The party was established in August 2012 by Maurice Kamto.[1] It won a single seat in the 2013 parliamentary elections.[2]
Six members the MRC were arrested for distributing face masks and hand sanitizers in the capital, Yaoundé on in May 2020.[3] The use of face masks was obligatory during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In December 2021, around thirty executives and activists from the MRC were sentenced to prison terms for insurrection and endangering state security. The party's first vice-president Alain Fogué and Kamto's spokesman Olivier Bibou Nissack received seven-year sentences.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Dissident minister launches new opposition party Archived 2015-01-06 at archive.today Menas
- ^ Cameroon Assemblée nationale - National Assembly (National Assembly): Last elections IPU
- ^ "Cameroonians arrested for distributing face masks". sabc.co.za. 14 May 2020.
- ^ Cameroun: sept ans de prison pour des cadres du MRC RFI, 27 December 2021
External links
[edit]- Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (149)
- National Union for Democracy and Progress (7)
- Social Democratic Front (6)
- Cameroonian Party for National Reconciliation (5)
- Cameroon Democratic Union (4)
- Front for the National Salvation of Cameroon (3)
- Movement for the Defence of the Republic (2)
- Union of Socialist Movements (2)