The Movement for National Rectification (, MORENA) is a

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Gabon Gabon ( ; ), officially the Gabonese Republic (), is a country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, on the equator, bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo to the east and south, and ...

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MORENA was established in 1981, and was forced to operate illicitly in Gabon as the country was a

one-party state A one-party state, single-party state, one-party system or single-party system is a governance structure in which only a single political party controls the ruling system. In a one-party state, all opposition parties are either outlawed or en ...

at the time. It declared itself a

government-in-exile A government-in-exile (GiE) is a political group that claims to be the legitimate government of a sovereign state or semi-sovereign state, but is unable to exercise legal power and instead resides in a foreign country. Governments in exile usu ...

and was supported by the

Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...

in France.Tom Lansford (2014) ''Political Handbook of the World 2014'', CQ Press, p504 Its leaders in Gabon were arrested in 1981 and 1982 for handing out leaflets calling for the restoration of multi-party democracy. Although they were given long jail sentences, they were released in 1986 during a general amnesty. By the early 1990s, several breakaway factions had been formed, including MORENA–Woodcutters (later renamed National Woodcutters' Rally) and MORENA–Unionist; the original party went under the name MORENA–Original. It won seven seats in the 1990 parliamentary elections, whilst the Woodcutters faction won 20. In 1992 the party merged with the

Gabonese Socialist Party The Gabonese Socialist Party (, PSG) is a small political party in Gabon. History The party was established in 1991, and merged into the African Forum for Reconstruction the following year. In 2006 the party's Augustin Moussavou King contest ...

and

Gabonese Socialist Union The Gabonese Socialist Union (, abbreviated USG) is a political party in Gabon. Initially an opposition party founded by formerly exiled student activists, the party aligned itself with the ruling majority. History Serge Mba Békalé was the foun ...

to form the

African Forum for Reconstruction The African Forum for Reconstruction (, FAR) is a political party in Gabon led by Léon Mbou Yembi. History The party was established in 1992 as a merger of the Gabonese Socialist Party (PSG), the Gabonese Socialist Union (USG) and MORENA– ...

. However, all three parties later operated independently, and MORENA–Original won just one seat in the 1996 parliamentary elections. Prior to the 1998 presidential elections the party joined the High Council of the Resistance, an alliance that supported the candidacy of

Pierre Mamboundou Pierre Mamboundou (6 November 1946 – 15 October 2011) was a Gabonese politician. He was President of the Union of the Gabonese People (UPG), an opposition party in Gabon, from 1989 to 2011. ACCT career and 1989 events Mamboundou was born in ...

of the

Union of the Gabonese People The Union of the Gabonese People (, UPG) is an opposition political party in Gabon. It was led by Pierre Mamboundou until his death in 2011. History Mamboundou announced the UPG's establishment in Paris on 14 July 1989, during the single-party ...

. He finished second in the elections with 16.5% of the vote. In the 2009 presidential elections the party nominated Luc Bengono Nsi as its candidate. He received 250 votes (0.07%). The party nominated two candidates for the 2011 parliamentary elections,List of candidates
Gabon Elections but failed to win a seat.

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