Movement for the Comoros - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Movement for the Comoros 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...

in the Comoros

Comoros

The Comoros , officially the Union of the Comoros is an archipelago island nation in the Indian Ocean, located off the eastern coast of Africa, on the northern end of the Mozambique Channel, between northeastern Mozambique and northwestern Madagascar...

. Its candidate at the 2006 presidential election

Comoros presidential election, 2006

Presidential elections in the Comoros took place in two rounds on 16 April and 14 May 2006.-Background:After a period of political instability that began in the late 1990s and saw the secession of Anjouan and Mohéli, a new constitution was approved in a December 2001 referendum...

, Ibrahim Halidi

Ibrahim Halidi

Ibrahim Halidi is a long-time politician in Comoros. Halidi was the Prime Minister of Comoros from January to May 1993. Halidi also ran for president in May 2006 with the backing of the outgoing president, Azali Assoumani. In the first round of the election, Halidi finished in third place with...

, came in the second place with 28.3 % of the votes. Halidi was also supported by the Islands' Fraternity and Unity Party (CHUMA), the Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros

Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros

The Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros is a centrist political party in the Comoros. It was formed by former president Azali Assoumani. It unsuccessfully supported Ibrahim Halidi in the 2006 Presidential elections....

(Convention pour le renouveau des Comores) and the Djawabu Party (Parti Djawabu).

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