Social Renewal Party (Angola)

Social Renewal Party
Partido de Renovação Social
President Eduardo Kuangana
Founded November 18, 1990
Headquarters Rua nº1, Martires de Kifangondo n. 33 D, Luanda, Angola
Youth wing Social Renewal Youth
Women's wing Social Renewal Women's Union
Ideology Federalism
Progressivism[1]
Political position Centre-left[2]
Slogan Peace, Democracy, Progress
Seats in the National Assembly
2 / 220
Party flag
Website
Website of the PRS

The Social Renewal Party (Partido de Renovação Social) is a political party in Angola. The party was founded in 1991. It is mainly based within the Chokwe ethnic group. In the 1992 elections it won six seats.

In 1999 the party passed through a period of inner strife, in which four MPs were expelled from the party.

The PRS won 3.17% of the vote in the September 2008 parliamentary election, winning eight seats out of 220 seats.[3] It performed particularly well in Lunda Sul and Lunda Norte provinces, although it still placed second behind the governing Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) in those provinces.[4][5]

The youth wing of the party is Social Renewal Youth (JURS).[6]

References

  1. ↑ Terceiro maior partido angolano, PRS quer alargar influência nas eleições gerais - Deutsche Welle
  2. ↑ PRS defende participação activa dos cidadãos na governação do país - Agência Angola Press
  3. ↑ National Electoral Commission website Archived 2008-04-19 at the Wayback Machine. (in Portuguese).
  4. ↑ Results for Lunda Sul Archived 2008-09-13 at the Wayback Machine., CNE website (in Portuguese).
  5. ↑ Results for Lunda Norte, CNE website (in Portuguese).
  6. ↑ Augusto Santana (1 January 2006). Political parties and political evolution in Angola. EISA. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-920095-53-6.


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