Rally of Progressive National Democrats the Chamber. In 2013, the party became a member of the Patriotic Movement of the Democratic Opposition ("Mouvement Patriotique de l'Opposition Démocratique", MOPOD), a coalition of parties that oppose to President Michel Martelly. Rally of Progressive National Democrats The Rally of Progressive National Democrats ("Rassemblement des Démocrates Nationaux Progressistes", RDNP) is a political party in Haiti. The RDNP was founded in 1979 by then exiled president Leslie Manigat. It was registered officially as political party on 25 May 1987, but only on 15 July 1987 was it recognized by the electoral authorities. In the Haitian presidential election in 1988, Leslie
Michel Martelly 1997, Martelly participated in "Knowledge is Power", an HIV educational music video with a message about preventing the spread of HIV. His humanitarian work as the president of the Fondation Rose et Blanc, created by his wife Sophia and himself, to help the poor and disenfranchised of the country, was the basis for his choice as the Good Will Haitian Ambassador for the Protection of the Environment by the Haitian Government. In 2004, following the 2004 Haitian coup d'état against Aristide, Gérard Latortue, a friend of Martelly's, became Prime Minister. At this time, Martelly was living in Florida but in