Christian Movement for a New Haiti explained

Christian Movement for a New Haiti
Native Name:Mouvement Chrétien pour une Nouvelle Haïti
Leader1 Title:President
Leader1 Name:Luc Mesadieu
Foundation:1991
Headquarters:Port-au-Prince
Ideology:Christian democracy
Position:Centre to centre-right
Seats1 Title:Chamber of Deputies
Seats2 Title:Senate
Country:Haiti

The Christian Movement for a New Haiti (Mouvement Chrétien pour une Nouvelle Haïti, Mochrenha) is a political party in Haiti.

History

The party was founded in 1991 by Evangelical Protestant churches.[1] Mochrenha was registered officially as a political party on 25 January 1999, but only on 13 July 1999 was it recognized by the electoral authorities.[2]

The party gained three seats in the Chamber of Deputies at the 2000 elections.[1] In the presidential elections of 7 February 2006, its candidate Luc Mesadieu won 3.35% of the popular vote. The party won in the 7 February 2006 Senate elections 4.9% of the popular vote and no Senators. In the 7 February and 21 April 2006 Chamber of Deputies elections, the party won three out of 99 seats.

In 2013, the party became a member of the Patriotic Movement of the Democratic Opposition (Mouvement Patriotique de l'Opposition Démocratique, MOPOD), a coalition of parties that oppose to President Michel Martelly.[1]

For the 2015 presidential election, Renold Jean Claude Bazin was presented as the party's candidate.[3] For the 2015 parliamentary elections, the party presented three candidates for the Senate and 19 for the Chamber of Deputies.[4] [5] [6] [7]

References

  1. Book: Landsford, Tom . Political Handbook of the World 2015 . 2014. 9781483371559 .
  2. Web site: Partis Politiques Enregistrés et Reconnus . HaitiCulture.ch . French . 2015-06-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141011064032/http://www.haiticulture.ch/haiti_partis_politiques.html . 2014-10-11 . dead .
  3. Web site: La liste complète des candidats à la présidence . May 22, 2015 . . June 14, 2015 . May 27, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150527022838/http://lenouvelliste.com/lenouvelliste/article/145158/La-liste-complete-des-candidats-a-la-presidence . dead .
  4. http://lenouvelliste.com/uploads/senateursacceptes.pdf Accepted candidates for senator
  5. http://www.cephaiti.ht/files/Doc_off/Senateurs_repeches.pdf Accepted candidates for senator
  6. http://lenouvelliste.com/uploads/deputesacceptes.pdf Accepted candidates for deputy
  7. http://www.cephaiti.ht/files/Doc_off/Deputes_repeches.pdf Accepted candidates for deputy