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The Party for the Comorian Agreement (French : Parti pour l'Entente Comorienne, PEC) is a political party in the Comoros.
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The Party for the Comorian Agreement (French : Parti pour l'Entente Comorienne, PEC) is a political party in the Comoros.
In the 2015 parliamentary elections the PEC won one of the 24 directly-elected seats, [1] with Saïd Ibrahim Fahmi elected in Itsandra South. [2]
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