Hope Mauritania (Arabic: أمل موريتانيا, romanized: amal mūrītānyā, French: Espoir Mauritanie) is a coalition of several political movements in Mauritania formed with the intention of running in the 2023 parliamentary, regional and local elections. As of 2023, the coalition Hope Mauritania has 7 seats in the National Assembly of Mauritania.[2]
Hope Mauritania أمل موريتانيا Espoir Mauritanie | |
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| Abbreviation | أم (Arabic) EM (French) |
| Leader | Collective leadership |
| Founded | 22 December 2022 |
| Split from | Coalition Living Together Rally of Democratic Forces Union of the Forces of Progress |
| Headquarters | Nouakchott |
| Ideology | Egalitarianism Multiracialism Reformism Minority rights Anti-tribalism Anti-slavery Anti-establishment |
| Political position | Centre-left to left-wing[1] |
| Parliamentary group | FRUD group |
| Members | See composition |
| National Assembly | 7 / 176 |
| Regional councils | 4 / 285 |
| Mayors | 0 / 238 |
History
editThe coalition was formally presented and launched in the Old Youth House of Nouakchott, Mauritania, on 22 December 2022, in a ceremony hosted by the Republican Front for Unity and Democracy (FRUD), the only party legally registered of all forming the coalition.[3][4]
On 7 February 2023, the coalition decided its main candidates for the 2023 parliamentary, regional and local elections. Elid Ould Mohameden and Coumba Dada Kane will lead the mixed national list, Kadiata Malick Diallo will head the women's list and Khally Mamadou Diallo will lead the youth list.[5]
Ideology
editHope Mauritania opposes the government of Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, stressing that "it is based on discrimination and excessive societal political exclusion", noting that "citizens who have lost hope in the various crisis, have been alienated day after day from their legitimate aspirations for a state of law based on the basic principles of human rights that guarantees equality of opportunity, in the wealth of the country, the access to civil status, the right to acquire education and employment, together with a final rejection of slavery, whether modern or traditional".[4]
In another statement, the coalition said it was "against the marginalization of women, patriarchy, misogyny, the infantilization of youth, mass unemployment, birth inequalities, racism, hunger, the destruction of vital ecosystems, the failure of public health, the arrogance of the elites of ignorance and of the commodity, the reason of arms and the unreason of resignation".[6]
Composition
editThe coalition includes the Republican Front for Unity and Democracy, the Gathering of Progressive Democrats, the Bloc of Serious Change, the Democratic Popular Movement, Inclusive Mauritania, and the Strong Mauritania Party.[3]
Ex-MP Kadiata Malick Diallo (ex-UFP) and MPs Mohamed Lemine Ould Sidi Maouloud (ex-Choura) and Elid Ould Mohameden (ex-RFD) also joined the coalition,[7] together with activists El Salek Najem and Abderrahman Hamoudi, intellectual Dr. Abou El Abass Ould Brahim and political actor Achraf Ould Hamoud.[8][9]
Electoral performance
editPresident of Mauritania
edit| Election year | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | Result | Winning candidate | ||||
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| Votes | % | Rank | Votes | % | Rank | ||||
| 2024 | El Id Ould Mohameden | 35,278 | 3.57% | 4th | — | Lost | Mohamed Ould Ghazouani | ||
National Assembly
edit| National Assembly | ||||||
| Election | Party leader | National list | Seats | +/– | Government | |
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| Votes | % | |||||
| 2023 | Collective leadership | 32,296 | 3.33% | 7 / 176
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Mauritania's Political Landscape Following Legislative and Local Elections". Emirates Policy Center. 22 May 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
Hope Mauritania – new leftist opposition [...] A new opposition front has emerged around the Joud Party, a coalition of independent leftist and human rights activists that achieved vital results.
- ^ "MyCeni - Résultats 2023". res-myceni.org. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ a b "تحالف أمل موريتانيا: الوضعُ خطير والنظام فاشل والانتخابات مغامرة" [Hope Mauritania Coalition: The situation is dangerous, the regime is a failure, and the elections are an adventure]. SaharaMedias (in Arabic). 23 December 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ a b "تحالف أمل موريتانيا: تنظيم انتخابات محلية بأي ثمن يدخل في نطاق المغامرة" [Hope Mauritania Coalition: Organizing local elections at any cost is part of the adventure]. Mauritanian Agency for Press (in Arabic). 23 December 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ "Coalition Espoir Mauritanie - A la conquête de l'Assemblée nationale, des conseils régionaux et des municipalités" [Coalition Espoir Mauritanie - Towards the conquest of the National Assembly, the regional councils and municipalities]. Mauriweb (in French). 19 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
- ^ "Coalition Espoir Mauritanie : Appel de l'alternative citoyenne" [Coalition Hope Mauritania: Call for the citizen alternative]. Chezvlane (in French). 22 December 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
- ^ "تحالف أمل نواكشوط: تحالف "أمل موريتانيا" المعارض يعلن إطلاق أنشطته (فيديو)" [Nouakchott: The "Hope Mauritania" opposition coalition announces the launch of its activities (video)]. Essahraa Centre for Studies and Consultations (in Arabic). 22 December 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ "ميلاد تحالف سياسي جديد "أمل موريتانيا" (صور)" [Birth of a new political coalition "Hope Mauritania" (photos)]. Aqlame (in Arabic). 22 December 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ "Mauritanie: naissance et objectifs de la nouvelle coalition politique «Espoir Mauritanie»". Le 360 Afrique (in French). Retrieved 23 September 2023.