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Electoral/Political Party Reform: Accord de paix et de la reconciliation nationale

Implementations

Electoral/Political Party Reform – 1995

On June 9, 1995, President Aptidon appointed two former FRUD rebels to the government. Ali Mohamed Daoud became Minister of Health and Social Affairs and Ougoureh Kifle Ahmed was given the ministry of agriculture and water resources.¹

Onwar.com reports that the Djibouti constitution was revised in 1995 incorporating the peace agreement.²

“Chronology for Afars in Djibouti,” Minorities at Risk Project, Center for International Development and Conflict Management, 2009, accessed September 22, 2010, http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/mar/.
“Djibouti 1800-1999,” Onwar.com, accessed September 22, 2010, http://www.onwar.com/aced/nation/day/djibouti/fdjibouti1991.htm.

Electoral/Political Party Reform – 1996

FRUD was allowed to become a legal party and joined the government in an electoral coalition.

Electoral/Political Party Reform – 1997

In the December 1997 elections, FRUD formed an electoral coalition with the governing Popular Rally for Progress (RPP). Candidates of the RPP-FRUD alliance won all 65 seats in the Chamber. The opposition Democratic Renewal Party (PRD) and the National Democratic Party (PND) conceded defeat but alleged flaws in the process.³

“Djibouti,” Keesing’s Record of World Events (Volume 43), December 1997, 41950.

Electoral/Political Party Reform – 1998

In the presidential elections, the pro-government coalition, the Union for a Presidential Majority (UMP) in which FRUD was a coalition partner, won all 65 seats with 62.7 percent (53,293 votes) of the vote. Turnout was recorded at 48.4 per cent and voting was largely peaceful.⁴

“Djibouti,” Keesing’s Record of World Events (Volume 49), January 2003, 45174.