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
Jude Célestin results showed law professor and former first lady Mirlande Manigat in first place, with 31.4 percent of the vote. Célestin came next, with 22.5 percent, and singer Michel Martelly took third place with 21.8 percent. Widespread riots and reports of election fraud followed the announcement of these results. In December, Martelly supporters set fire to the INITE headquarters, located in the Port-au-Prince suburb of Pétion-Ville. On February 3, INITE was forced to drop Célestin from the race. On 4 April 2011, a senior official announced that Michel Martelly won the presidential run-off election against candidate Mirlande Manigat. His LAPEH party