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National Congress (Georgia)
National Congress is a term used in the names of various political parties and legislatures. Political parties *Ethiopia: Oromo National Congress, original name of the Oromo People's Congress *Guyana: People's National Congress Reform *India: **Indian National Congress **Sikkim National Congress **Nationalist Congress Party *Iraq: Iraqi National Congress *Pakistan, Bangladesh: Pakistan National Congress *Nigeria: Ijaw National Congress *Papua New Guinea: People's National Congress (Papua New Guinea) *South Africa: African National Congress *Sri Lanka: National Congress (Sri Lanka) *Sudan: **National Congress Party (Sudan), an Islamist, pan-Arabist party, given the name ''National Congress Party'' c. 1988/1989 ** Sudanese Congress Party, a social-democratic party, initially created as the ''National Congress'' in 1986 National legislatures *Argentine National Congress *National Congress of Belgium *Brazilian National Congress *National Congress of Chile *National People's Congress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oromo People's Congress
The Oromo People's Congress (OPC) was a federalist and Oromo nationalist opposition political party in Ethiopia. It was founded in April 1996 as the Oromo National Congress by Merera Gudina, who was its chairman. However, the party licence and name were allegedly given to a marginal splinter group by the National Election Board of Ethiopia in order to undermine the party and create confusion among the voters after the May 2005 election, so the party was forced to change its name to Oromo People's Congress prior to the 2008 by-elections. OPC merged with Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (OFDM), forming the Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC), in 2012. 2005 election results Until the 2005 Ethiopian general elections the OPC had not attempted to build a permanent base of support outside its leader’s home region in Ambo woreda. In that election, as the Oromo National Congress the party was part of the United Ethiopian Democratic Forces, that won 52 out of 527 seats in the Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |