The Democratic Fernandino Union (Spanish: Unión Democrática Fernandina, UNDEMO)[1] was a political party in Equatorial Guinea, created to represent the interests of the Fernandino people of the island of Bioko.
Democratic Fernandino Union Unión Democrática Fernandina | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | UNDEMO |
| President | Wilwardo Jones Niger |
| Founded | 1967 |
| Dissolved | 1970 |
| Headquarters | Bioko, Equatorial Guinea |
| Ideology | Independentism Fernandino separatism |
| Colors | Blue |
History
editLike the Bubi Union, the party was created in 1967[2] for the participation in the Constitutional Conference (1967–1968) that drafted the 1968 Constitution of Equatorial Guinea. Its leader was Wilwardo Jones Niger,[3] and other important figures were Carlos Cabrera James, Agustín Daniel Grange Molay, Manuel Nascimento Ceita, and Manuel Morgades Besari.[4]
During the Constitutional Conference, UNDEMO, together with the Bubi Union, defended the separatist theses according to which the island of Fernando Poo should declare its independence separately from Río Muni.[5][6]
In the 1968 general elections, it did not field its own presidential candidate and did not gain representation in the National Assembly. In the second round of the presidential elections, however, it supported the candidate of the Popular Idea of Equatorial Guinea (IPGE), Francisco Macías Nguema.[7]
In 1970, UNDEMO was outlawed along with the other existing parties after Macías established the United National Workers' Party (PUNT) as the sole legal party and initiated a dictatorial regime that would last until the 1979 coup d'état.[8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ Liniger-Goumaz, Max (1979). La Guinee Equatoriale. Un pays méconnu (in French). L´ Harmattan. p. 465. ISBN 9782858021321. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- ↑ "Capítulo 3. LAS PROVINCIAS AFRICANAS Y LA AUTONOMÍA 1959-1968" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 October 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- ↑ "Equatorial Guinea, Current Conditions, 1979". Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- ↑ Lucia Ubango, Luis (9 November 2012). "La importante aportacion de los Ndowe al progreso de la region entre 1868 y 1968, 5ª parte" (in Spanish). p. 140. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- ↑ "LA INDEPENDENCIA" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- ↑ García Ascanio, Paula (2010). Guinea Ecuatorial: de colonia a sultanato (PDF) (in Spanish). p. 25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 January 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- ↑ Rodríguez Jiménez, José Luis. LA INDEPENDENCIA DE GUINEA ECUATORIAL (OCTUBRE 1968) Y EL RÁPIDO DETERIORO DE LAS RELACIONES ENTRE ESPAÑA Y LA EX COLONIA (FEBRERO-MARZO 1969) (PDF) (in Spanish). p. 9. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- ↑ Lacosta, Xavier. "Cronología de Guinea Ecuatorial: 1950 / 1979 De la independencia al juicio contra Macías" (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 May 2026.