National Congress for Liberty
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The National Congress for Liberty (French: Congrès national pour la liberté, CNL), sometimes translated as the National Congress for Freedom is a political party in Burundi.[1] It was founded by Agathon Rwasa on 12 Semptember 2018 and is now the main opposition to the CNDD-FDD. After the dissolution of the National Liberation Forces,[2] Rwasa founded the CNL.
History
The National Forces of Liberation were a political party and former rebel group in Burundi. They fought in the Burundian Civil War and were the last rebel group to sign an agreement with the Burundian government which they did in September 7, 2006.[3] Throughout the war they were known as Palipehutu-FNL (Party for the Liberation of the Hutu People), but after the war they registered as the FNL (National Forces of Liberation), as ethnic group names are not allowed in Burundian political party names. In their first election of 2010, they withdrew their candidate Agathon Rwasa due to allegations that the CNDD-FDD. would rig it. By 2015, they had ousted Rwasa and were allies of the CNDD-FDD. That year they won 1.08 percent of the vote after nominating Jacques Bigirimana. Rwasa ran as part of the alliance Independents of Hope which he formed with Charles Nditije. Rwasa received 19 percent of the vote. In 2018, Rwasa founded the National Congress for Liberty and it was registered on 14 February 2019. That year, Rwasa received 25% of the vote in an election but claimed the results were incorrect.[4] That year, they won one seat in the senate and 32 in the National Assembly.
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- National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy (86)
- National Congress for Liberty (32)
- Union for National Progress (2)
- National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy (34)
- National Congress for Liberty (1)
- Union for National Progress (1)
- Abahuza
- ADC–Ikibiri
- Burundo-African Alliance for Salvation
- Front for Democracy in Burundi
- Front for Democracy in Burundi–Nyakuri
- Green Party-Intwari
- Independent Labor Party
- Independents of Hope
- Kaze – Forces for the Defense of Democracy
- Liberal Alliance for Democracy
- Liberal Party
- Movement for the Rehabilitation of Citizens – Rurenzangemero
- National Alliance for Law and Economic Development
- National Council for the Defense of Democracy
- National Forces of Liberation
- National Liberation Forces – Icanzo
- National Liberation Front
- New Alliance for Democracy and Development in Burundi
- Pan Africanist Socialist Movement – Inkinzo
- Parliamentary Monarchist Party
- Party for a Non-Violent Society
- Party for Democracy and Reconciliation
- Party for Justice and Development
- Party for National Concord – Abasangirajambo
- Party for National Recovery
- Party for Peace, Democracy, Reconciliation, and Reconstruction
- Party for the Economic Independence of Burundi
- Party for the Integral Renewal of Burundi – Intahemana
- Party for the Liberation of the Burundian People – Agakiza
- Party for the Promotion of the Toiling Masses – Abanyamwete
- People's Reconciliation Party
- Rally for Democracy and Economic and Social Development
- Rally for the People of Burundi
- Social Democratic Party – Dusabikanye
- Union for National Progress
- Union for Peace and Democracy–Zigamibanga
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- Christian Democratic Party
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- Party of the People
- People's Party