The Decolonization and Social Emancipation Movement (abbreviated: MDES) is a political party

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 for independence in French Guiana

French Guiana

French Guiana is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department located on the northern Atlantic coast of South America. It has borders with two nations, Brazil to the east and south, and Suriname to the west...

. It is generally a party of the far left

Far left

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Platform

The principle platform of the party is the demand for independence of Guiana, currently an overseas region and one of the 26 regions of France

Régions of France

France is divided into 27 administrative regions , 22 of which are in Metropolitan France, and five of which are overseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity , but is considered a region in mainstream usage, and is even shown as such on the INSEE website...

. They also consider the possibility of becoming an overseas territory, which is different from an Overseas region. The decolonization movement that took

Electoral results

In 1998, the MDES obtained 3 seats in the regional elections with 8.6% of the vote. But in the 2004 regional elections, the MDES list put forward by Maurice Pindard obtained only 6.55% of the vote and no seats.

External links

• Official site of MDES