Union for the Nation (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

The Union for the Nation (French: Union pour la Nation, UN) is a Congolese electoral bloc formed by over 50 opposition supporters of Jean-Pierre Bemba, who was the major candidate in the 2006 presidential election and succeeding run-off against Joseph Kabila and is now a member of the Senate.

It was originally constituted as the Group of Congolese Nationalists (French: Regroupement des Nationalistes Congolais, RENACO) for Bemba's presidential candidacy. After Bemba lost the election, RENACO was re-constituted as the Union for the Nation with a more specific focus on nationalism and populism. It is a minority bloc in both the Senate (with 21 out of 108 seats) and National Assembly (with 116 out of 500 seats), only holds one governorship (in Équateur, Bemba's home province) and competes with the Alliance of the Presidential Majority, which is a majority bloc that supports Kabila.

Member parties

v t e Political parties in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Major parliamentary parties	Sacred Union of the Nation Union for Democracy and Social Progress Future of the Congo Movement for the Liberation of the Congo Unified Lumumbist Party Union of Mobutist Democrats Union for the Nation Union for the Congolese Nation Together for the Republic
Other parties	People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy
Portal:Politics List of political parties Politics of the Democratic Republic of the Congo