Alliance for Justice and Democracy/Movement for Renewal Alliance pour la justice et la démocratie/ Mouvement pour la rénovation التحالف من أجل العدالة والديمقراطية / حركة التجديد | |
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| Abbreviation | AJD/MR |
| Leader | Mamadou Bocar Ba |
| Founder | Ibrahima Moctar Sarr |
| Founded | August 2007 |
| Ideology | Fulaniinterests |
| National affiliation | Coalition Living Together |
| Parliamentary group | Non-attached |
| Colours | Black White Beige |
| National Assembly | 4 / 176 |
| Regional councils | 3 / 285 |
| Mayors | 0 / 238 |
TheAlliance for Justice and Democracy/Movement for Renewal (French:Alliance pour la justice et la démocratie/Mouvement pour la rénovation,AJD/MR;Arabic:التحالف من أجل العدالة والديمقراطية / حركة التجديد,romanized: at-taḥāluf min ajl al-ʿadāla wad-dīmuqrāṭiya / ḥarakat at-tajdīd) is a smallpolitical party inMauritania. It represents the black minority population of the south of the country, centered on theSenegal River valley, and was formed and was led by rights activist and former presidential candidateIbrahima Moctar Sarr.
The party's colors are black and white, and its symbol is aZebu bull, livestock being associated with the traditionallypastoralistFula people[1] who make up much of its constituency.[2]
The party was founded in August 2007 by a merger ofIbrahima Moctar Sarr'sMovement for National Reconciliation and theAlliance for Justice and Democracy (AJD) party, with Sarr elected as the leader of the new party. Sarr, aFulani journalist, had been an activist since the 1980s, and his party defined itself as campaigning forequal rights forPulaar-speakers,Soninké andWolof people alongsideMoors, and the return of Mauritanianrefugees fromSenegal.[3] Sarr had stood as anindependent in theMarch 2007 presidential election on an anti-racist platform, came in fifth place with 7.95% of the vote in the first round[3] and supportedAhmed Ould Daddah for the second round.[4]
On May 10, 2008, the AJD/MR announced they would not participate in the government of Prime MinisterYahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef due to many policy differences.[5]
Following theAugust 2008 military coup, Sarr and the AJD/MR expressed support for the military junta.[6][7]
But on August 26, 2008, the AJD/MR, along with theRally of Democratic Forces (RFD) and theMovement for Direct Democracy (MDD) all announced their decision to not participate in the Laghdaf's government[8] because the junta had not clarified whether or not someone serving in the military would be allowed to stand as a presidential candidate[8][9] and had not specified how long it intended to remain in power.[9] The new government led by Laghdaf was appointed on August 31.[9][10]
Sarr announced on 11 April 2009, that he would be the AJD/MR candidate in the controversialJune 2009 presidential election, which was being organized by the military junta and which opposition parties were planning to boycott. Sarr said that "the conditions are there for a free poll" and thatMauritania did not have democracy underAbdallahi's presidency.[11][12]
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| Parties dissolved after the2023 Mauritanian parliamentary election | |||||||
