Cameroon Renaissance Movement Explained

Native Name:Mouvement pour la Renaissance du Cameroun
President:Maurice Kamto
Foundation:August 2012
Headquarters:Yaoundé
Seats1 Title:Seats in the National Assembly
Website:Party website
Country:Cameroon

The Cameroon Renaissance Movement (French: Mouvement pour la Renaissance du Cameroun, MRC) is a political party in Cameroon.

History

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.menas.co.uk/politics_and_security/cameroon/news/article/2769/dissident-minister-launches-new-opposition-party/ Dissident minister launches new opposition party
  2. http://www.ipu.org/parline/reports/2053_E.htm Cameroon Assemblée nationale - National Assembly (National Assembly): Last elections
  3. Web site: Cameroonians arrested for distributing face masks. sabc.co.za. 14 May 2020.
  4. https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20211227-cameroun-sept-ans-de-prison-pour-des-cadres-du-mrc Cameroun: sept ans de prison pour des cadres du MRC