| United People for Social Renovation | |
| Native Name: | Peuple Uni pour la Rénovation Sociale |
| Country: | Cameroon |
| Leader: | Serge Espoir Matomba[1] |
| Ideology: | Anti-corruption Social justice Economic liberalism |
United People for Social Renovation (French: Peuple Uni pour la Rénovation Sociale, PURS) is a political party in Cameroon.
The party was founded by Serge Espoir Matomba and others in 2010, but did not nominate a candidate for the 2011 presidential elections. It did contest the 2013 parliamentary elections as "United People for Social Revolution", but failed to win a seat.[2] Serge Espoir Matomba served as the party's candidate for the 2018 presidential elections.[3]
In 2021, Matomba condemned an ambush of Rapid Intervention Battalion troops by Anglophone separatists as "shameful attack on Cameroon's democracy".[1]
The party runs on a platform of anti-corruption and governmental reform, although these are common for Cameroonian parties opposed to Paul Biya's government. In addition, PURS is strongly committed to social issues, with the party's leaders organizing a hunger strike in 2013 to protest against the Biya government's decision to raise the prices of hydrocarbon fuels.[4] In addition, PURS wants to improve conditions for businesses in the private sector, proposing to reduce the corporate tax from 30% to 10% as well as exempting small startup companies from certain taxes. The party opposes the implementation of a minimum wage, believing it would stifle Cameroonian companies; PURS wants to first encourage the growth of businesses so that more unemployed people can get jobs before implementing better salaries.[5]