Party for Progress and Concord | |
Native Name: | Parti pour le Progrès et la Concorde |
Leader: | Alivera Mukabaramba |
President: | Christian Marara |
Chairman: | Alivera Mukabaramba |
General Secretary: | Jean Thierry Karemera |
Foundation: | 2003 |
Headquarters: | Kigali |
Country: | Rwanda |
Predecessor: | Republican Democratic Movement |
Seats1 Title: | Chamber of Deputies |
The Party for Progress and Concord (;, PPC) is a political party in Rwanda. The party's motto is: 'Development; Concord; Rwanda's Welfare'.[1]
The party was established in 2003 after the banning of the Republican Democratic Movement.[2] In the 2003 parliamentary elections the party received 2% of the vote, failing to win a seat.
Prior to the 2008 parliamentary elections the party joined the Rwandan Patriotic Front-led coalition, and won a single seat in the Chamber of Deputies. It nominated Alvera Mukabaramba as its candidate for the 2010 presidential elections; she finished fourth out of the four candidates with 0.4% of the vote. The party remained part of the coalition for the 2013 elections, in which it retained its seat.
The ideological focus of the PPC is economic and social development in Rwanda. The party's main commitments, as outlined on their website, are as follows: