Rally of the Guinean People explained

Rally of the Guinean People
Native Name:French: Rassemblement du Peuple Guinéen
Leader:Alpha Condé
Founded:1960s
April 1992
Ideology:Social democracy
Democratic socialism
Progressivism
International:Progressive Alliance
Socialist International
Seats1 Title:National Assembly
Country:Guinea

The Rally of the Guinean People (French: Rassemblement du Peuple Guinéen, sometimes translated as Guinean People's Assembly; RPG) is a political party in Guinea. The RPG was the ruling party in the country from 2010 to 2021 and was recently led by Alpha Condé. It is mainly based amongst the Mandinka population.

The party boycotted the parliamentary election held on 30 June 2002.[1]

Following the dismissal of Lansana Kouyaté as Prime Minister and his replacement by Ahmed Tidiane Souaré on 20 May 2008, the RPG denounced Kouyaté's dismissal and, unlike other opposition parties, declined to attend a meeting with Souaré on 28 May to discuss the formation of a national unity government. According to the RPG, positive change would not come as long as President Lansana Conté remained in power, regardless of who was Prime Minister or who was included in the government, and the party said that it would not participate in the government.[2]

The party is affiliated to the Progressive Alliance[3] and Socialist International.[4]

Electoral history

Presidential elections

ElectionParty candidateVotes%Votes%Result
First roundSecond round
1993Alpha Condé407,22119.55%Lost
1998429,93416.58%Lost
2003Boycotted
2010323,40618.26%1,474,97352.52%Elected
20152,285,82757.85%Elected
20202,438,81559.49%Elected

National Assembly elections

ElectionParty leaderVotes%Votes%Seats+/–PositionResult
ConstituencyProportional
1995Alpha Condé354,92719.2% 19 2nd
2002Boycotted 19
20131,405,58547.58%1,468,11946.26% 53 1stMinority government
20202,417,83689.05%1,591,65055.27% 26 1st

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elections in Guinea . 24 February 2007 .
  2. http://apanews.net/apa.php?page=show_article_eng&id_article=65118 "Guinean PM, politicians discuss formation of union govt"
  3. Web site: Participants | Progressive Alliance . 6 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150302142054/http://progressive-alliance.info/participants/ . 2 March 2015 . dead .
  4. Web site: Socialist International - Progressive Politics for a Fairer World . 6 December 2014 . https://archive.today/20131103120922/http://www.socialistinternational.org/viewArticle.cfm?ArticlePageID=931 . 3 November 2013 . dead .