Action for Change

The Action for Change (AC) (French: Action pour le changement) was a political party in Mauritania. The party was led by Messaoud Ould Boulkheir, and campaigned for greater rights for Mauritania's Haratin and black populations. The party was banned and dissolved in January 2002.[1]

Action for Change
Action pour le changement
العمل من أجل التغيير
LeaderMessaoud Ould Boulkheir
FounderMessaoud Ould Boulkheir
Founded1996
DissolvedJanuary 2002
Succeeded byPeople's Progressive Alliance
IdeologyHaratin interests
Minority politics

History

Electoral history

The first election contested by the AC was the 1996 parliamentary election, with the party coming third, with 5.3% of the vote and 1 seat in Parliament.

The party also participated in the 2001 parliamentary election, winning 5.5% of the popular vote and 4 out of 81 seats.

Dissolution

The party was banned and officially dissolved in January 2002 following accusations by the Mauritanian Government that the party threatened Mauritanian national unity and was threatening Mauritania's relations with Senegal.[2] Communications Minister Chyakh Ould Ely accused the party of being racist and violent. The party was allowed to keep its four parliamentary seats.[1]

Messaoud Ould Boulkheir, the leader of the dissolved AC strongly denied the allegations made against the party and claimed that the party was instead being banned as part of a "crackdown" in dissent by the Government, and also because of the party's recent electoral gains.[1][3]

References
  1. "'Slave party' banned in Mauritania". 3 January 2002.
  2. Kouressy, Oumar (January 4, 2002). "Mauritanie: Dissolution de action pour le changement Messoud Ould Boulkheïr promet de continuer la lutte". allAfrica (in French). Retrieved September 18, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  3. "Government bans opposition party". The New Humanitarian (in French). 2002-01-03. Retrieved 2023-09-18.


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