Movement for Democracy (Cape Verde)

Movimento para a Democracia (MPD ) ( German: Movement for Democracy ) is a more or less liberal party in Cape Verde.

She put the government of 1991 to 2001. The MPD was founded on 14 March 1990 and held its first meeting in November from the same year. She won the first elections after the end of one-party rule in Cape Verde with more than two -thirds of the seats in the National Assembly.

In this transition period, the MPD dealt with the removal of Article 4 of the 1980 Cape Verdean constitution, which laid down the party system. The MPD brought a timetable for the transition period on the way.

The MPD is a center-right party and favored free trade, an opening in the economic policies and enhanced cooperation with international organizations such as the WTO and ECOWAS.

While the MPD is its strongest support in the islands Barlavento pleased, she also won increasing popularity in the smaller towns of the Sotavento group, eg Mosteiros, Calheta, Assomada and Tarrafal. It is said that the Roman Catholic Church in Cape Verde pull the MPD front against the ruling PAICV.

The policy of the MPD, often perceived as destructive to the traditional local agriculture has prevented more and more popular in certain areas such as agrarian to Santa Cruz, Sao Filipe São Miguel.

In the presidential elections on 11 and February 25, 2001 Carlos Alberto de Carvalho Veiga Wahnon, who received 45.83% of votes in the first ballot was very narrowly defeated in the second round by the PAICV candidate Pedro Pires with only 12 votes difference.

In the parliamentary elections held on 22 January 2006, the party won 44.02 % of the vote and 29 of 72 seats in the National Assembly.

In the presidential elections of February 12, 2006 Carlos Veiga was beaten again by Pedro Pires, with a vote share of 49.02 % to 50.98 %. In the 2011 presidential elections succeeded Jorge Carlos Fonseca 's victory.