Central African Republic
Alliance for Democracy and Progress or ADP
[Jacques MBOLIEDAS]; Central African Democratic Rally or RDC [Andre
KOLINGBA]; Civic Forum or FC [Gen. Timothee MALENDOMA]; Democratic
Forum for Modernity or FODEM [Charles MASSI]; Liberal Democratic
Party or PLD [Nestor KOMBO-NAGUEMON]; Londo Association or LONDO;
Movement for Democracy and Development or MDD [David DACKO];
Movement for the Liberation of the Central African People or MLPC
[Ange-Felix PATASSE] (the party of deposed president); National
Convergence or KNK; Patriotic Front for Progress or FPP [Abel
GOUMBA]; People's Union for the Republic or UPR [Pierre Sammy
MAKFOY]; National Unity Party or PUN [Jean-Paul NGOUPANDE]; Social
Democratic Party or PSD [Enoch LAKOUE]
Chad
Federation Action for the Republic or FAR [Ngarledjy YORONGAR];
National Rally for Development and Progress or RNDP [Delwa Kassire
KOUMAKOYE]; National Union for Democracy and Renewal or UNDR [Saleh
KEBZABO]; Party for Liberty and Development or PLD [Ibni Oumar
Mahamat SALEH]; Patriotic Salvation Movement or MPS [Mahamat Saleh
AHMAT, chairman]; Rally for Democracy and Progress or RDP [Lol
Mahamat CHOUA]; Union for Renewal and Democracy or URD [Gen. Wadal
Abdelkader KAMOUGUE]
Chile
Alliance for Chile (Alianza) or APC (including National
Renewal or RN [Carlos LARRAIN Pena] and Independent Democratic Union
or UDI [Juan Antonio COLOMA Correa]); Coalition of Parties for
Democracy (Concertacion) or CPD (including Christian Democratic
Party or PDC [Juan Carlos LATORRE Carmona], Socialist Party or PS
[Camilo ESCALONA Medina], Party for Democracy or PPD [Pepe AUTH
Stewart], and Radical Social Democratic Party or PRSD [Jose Antonio
GOMEZ Urrutia]); Communist Party or PC [Guillermo TEILLIER del
Valle]; Humanist Party [Marilen CABRERA Olmos]
China
Chinese Communist Party or CCP [HU Jintao]; eight registered
small parties controlled by CCP
Christmas Island
none
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
none
Colombia
Colombian Conservative Party or PC [Efrain Jose CEPEDA
Sarabia]; Alternative Democratic Pole or PDA [Carlos GAVIRIA Diaz];
Liberal Party or PL [Cesar GAVIRIA Trujillo]; Radical Change or CR
[German VARGAS Lleras]; Social National Unity Party or U Party
[Carlos FERRO Solanilla]
note: Colombia has 15 formally recognized political parties, and
numerous unofficial parties that did not meet the vote threshold in
the March 2006 legislative elections required for recognition
Comoros
Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros or CRC [AZALI
Assowmani]; Camp of the Autonomous Islands or CdIA (a coalition of
parties organized by the islands' presidents in opposition to the
Union President); Front National pour la Justice or FNJ [Ahmed
RACHID] (Islamic party in opposition); Mouvement pour la Democratie
et le Progress or MDP-NGDC [Abbas DJOUSSOUF]; Parti Comorien pour la
Democratie et le Progress or PCDP [Ali MROUDJAE]; Rassemblement
National pour le Development or RND [Omar TAMOU, Abdoulhamid
AFFRAITANE]
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Christian Democrat Party or PDC
[Jose ENDUNDO]; Congolese Rally for Democracy or RCD [Azarias
RUBERWA]; Convention of Christian Democrats or CDC; Forces of
Renewal or FR [Mbusa NYAMWISI]; Movement for the Liberation of the
Congo or MLC [Jean-Pierre BEMBA]; People's Party for Reconstruction
and Democracy or PPRD [Joseph KABILA]; Social Movement for Renewal
or MSR [Pierre LUMBI]; Unified Lumumbist Party or PALU [Antoine
GIZENGA]; Union for Democracy and Social Progress or UDPS [Etienne
TSHISEKEDI]; Union of Mobutuist Democrats or UDEMO [MOBUTU Nzanga]
Congo, Republic of the
Action Movement for Renewal or MAR; Congolese
Movement for Democracy and Integral Development or MCDDI [Michel
MAMPOUYA]; Congolese Labour Party or PCT; Movement for Solidarity
and Development or MSD; Pan-African Union for Social Development or
UPADS [Martin MBERI]; Rally of the Presidential Majority or RMP;
Rally for Democracy and Social Progress or RDPS [Jean-Pierre
Thystere TCHICAYA, president]; Rally for Democracy and the Republic
or RDR [Raymond Damasge NGOLLO]; Union for Democracy and Republic or
UDR; United Democratic Forces or FDU [Sebastian EBAO]; many less
important parties