Popular Action of Equatorial Guinea Acción Popular de Guinea Ecuatorial | |
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President | Carmelo Mba Bacale |
Founded | 1990 [1] |
Ideology | Christian democracy [2] |
Political position | Centre |
International affiliation | Centrist Democrat International |
Website | |
www.maib.es | |
The Popular Action of Equatorial Guinea (Spanish : Acción Popular de Guinea Ecuatorial) is a political party in Equatorial Guinea. It is led by Carmelo Mba Bacalé. [3] It is currently one of many opposition parties in the country banned by the ruling party, the Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea, in power since 1979.
Bacalé gained 0.16% of the country's vote for the AP in the 2009 Equatoguinean presidential election.
Election | Party candidate | Votes | % | Result |
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2009 | Carmelo Mba Bacale | 437 | 0.16% | Lost![]() |
2016 | 2,415 | 0.83% | Lost![]() |
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