Party for National Recovery

The '''Party for National Recovery''' ({{Langx|fr|Parti pour le Redressement National}}, PARENA) is a minor [[political party]] in [[Burundi]]. It was founded in May 1994<ref>[http://www.content.eisa.org.za/old-page/burundi-registered-parties-2010 Burundi: Registered parties 2010] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227011402/http://www.content.eisa.org.za/old-page/burundi-registered-parties-2010 |date=2014-12-27 }} EISA</ref> by the former president [[Jean-Baptiste Bagaza]]. Bagaza, an [[Tutsi|ethnic Tutsi]], had established a [[military dictatorship]] in Burundi from 1976 until his deposition in 1987, after which he lived in exile. He was allowed to return to the country during its democratization under [[Pierre Buyoya]] after 1992.

PARENA draws most of its support from the Tutsi minority. In the June 2005 local elections the party received 2.3 percent of the vote, winning 75 of the 3,225 seats on local councils.<ref>[http://www.content.eisa.org.za/sites/eisa.org.za/files/imports/import-data/WEP/bur2005local.htm Burundi: 2005 Communal election results] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105101810/http://www.content.eisa.org.za/sites/eisa.org.za/files/imports/import-data/WEP/bur2005local.htm |date=2014-01-05 }} EISA</ref> The party received 1.7% of the vote in the July 2005 [[Burundian legislative election, 2005|parliamentary elections]], but failed to win a seat.<ref>[http://africanelections.tripod.com/bi.html#2005_National_Assembly_Election Elections in Burundi] African Elections Database</ref> Its support remained low thereafter. In 2014 Bagaza resigned the leadership of the party and was replaced by Zénon Nimubona.

PARENA was accused of having links with Tutsi militias in 2000 and of encouraging violence against the [[Front for Democracy in Burundi]] (FRODEBU), a Hutu party.<ref name=Refworld>{{cite web |title=Burundi : Parti pour le redressement national |url=https://www.refworld.org/docid/3f7d4d5ae.html |website=Refworld |publisher=Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |accessdate=24 January 2019}}</ref> It was said in 1996 to have a [[youth wing]] called the Front of Patriotic Youth (''Front de la jeunesse patriotique'', FJP).<ref name=Refworld/>

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[[Category:Political parties in Burundi]] [[Category:Political parties established in 1994]] [[Category:1994 establishments in Burundi]]