The Party of the Poor (French : Parti des pauvres) [1] was a populist political party in the Republic of Congo.
The Party of the Poor was founded in 1991, by the nun and politician Angèle Bandou, formerly a member of the Rassemblement pour la Défense des Pauvres et des Chomeurs au Congo. As the first ever woman to do so in Congo-Brazzaville, she ran for president in the 1992 presidential election, receiving less than 1% of the popular vote. [2]
Bandou and the Party of the Poor ran again for president, in the 2002 presidential election. She received 27,849 votes and came in third place. [3]
On 26 August 2004, Angèle Bandou was assassinated by unknown assailants in her home. [4] [5] According to some sources, the murder was carried out on orders of President Denis Sassou Nguesso. [2]
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