Movement for National Rectification
Template:Short description Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists The Movement for National Rectification (Template:Langx, MORENA) is a political party in Gabon.
History
MORENA was established in 1981, and was forced to operate illicitly in Gabon as the country was a one-party state at the time. It declared itself a government-in-exile and was supported by the Socialist Party in France.<ref name=TL>Tom Lansford (2014) Political Handbook of the World 2014, CQ Press, p504</ref> Its leaders in Gabon were arrested in 1981 and 1982 for handing out leaflets calling for the restoration of multi-party democracy. Although they were given long jail sentences, they were released in 1986 during a general amnesty.<ref name=TL/>
By the early 1990s, several breakaway factions had been formed, including MORENA–Woodcutters (later renamed National Woodcutters' Rally) and MORENA–Unionist; the original party went under the name MORENA–Original.<ref name=TL/> It won seven seats in the 1990 parliamentary elections, whilst the Woodcutters faction won 20. In 1992 the party merged with the Gabonese Socialist Party and Gabonese Socialist Union to form the African Forum for Reconstruction.<ref name=TL/> However, all three parties later operated independently, and MORENA–Original won just one seat in the 1996 parliamentary elections.
Prior to the 1998 presidential elections the party joined the High Council of the Resistance, an alliance that supported the candidacy of Pierre Mamboundou of the Union of the Gabonese People.<ref>Elections in Gabon African Elections Database</ref> He finished second in the elections with 16.5% of the vote.
In the 2009 presidential elections the party nominated Luc Bengono Nsi as its candidate. He received 250 votes (0.07%). The party nominated two candidates for the 2011 parliamentary elections,<ref>List of candidates Template:Webarchive Gabon Elections</ref> but failed to win a seat.
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