Democratic Alternation Pole

The Democratic Alternation Pole is a Mauritanian political coalition between Sawab and the legally unrecognized Refoundation for a Global Action parties founded on 31 May 2018 ahead of the 2018 parliamentary and 2019 presidential elections.

History

The alliance was founded on 31 May 2018 as a pragmatic alliance between the Ba'athist Sawab and the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement led by anti-slavery and Haratine interests activist Biram Dah Abeid, who saw his Refoundation for a Global Action party legally unrecognized by the Ministry of Interior, thus not being allowed to contest elections on its own.