Christian Movement for a New Haiti

Political party in Haiti

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The Christian Movement for a New Haiti (Mouvement Chrétien pour une Nouvelle Haïti, Mochrenha) is a political party in Haiti.

History

The party was founded in 1991 by Evangelical Protestant churches.^[1] Mochrenha was registered officially as a political party on 25 January 1999, but only on 13 July 1999 was it recognized by the electoral authorities.^[2]

The party gained three seats in the Chamber of Deputies at the 2000 elections.^[1] In the presidential elections of 7 February 2006, its candidate Luc Mesadieu won 3.35% of the popular vote. The party won in the 7 February 2006 Senate elections 4.9% of the popular vote and no Senators. In the 7 February and 21 April 2006 Chamber of Deputies elections, the party won 3 out of 99 seats.

In 2013, the party became a member of the Patriotic Movement of the Democratic Opposition (Mouvement Patriotique de l'Opposition Démocratique, MOPOD), a coalition of parties that oppose to President Michel Martelly.^[1]

For the 2015 presidential election Renold Jean Claude Bazin was presented as the party's candidate.^[3] For the 2015 parliamentary elections, the party presented 3 candidates for the Senate and 19 for the Chamber of Deputies.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Landsford, Tom (2014). Political Handbook of the World 2015. ISBN 9781483371559.
^ "Partis Politiques Enregistrés et Reconnus" (in French). HaitiCulture.ch. Archived from the original on 2014-10-11. Retrieved 2015-06-14.
^ "La liste complète des candidats à la présidence". Le Nouvelliste. May 22, 2015. Archived from the original on May 27, 2015. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
^ Accepted candidates for senator Archived 2015-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
^ Accepted candidates for senator Archived 2015-05-30 at the Wayback Machine
^ Accepted candidates for deputy Archived 2015-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
^ Accepted candidates for deputy Archived 2015-06-16 at the Wayback Machine