Rally for Democracy and Economic and Social Development

The Rally for Democracy and Economic and Social Development (French: Ralliement pour la Démocratie et le Développement Économique et Social, RADDES) is a small, predominantly ethnic Tutsi political party in Burundi.

History

The party supported losing candidate Pierre Buyoya of the Union for National Progress in the 1993 presidential elections.^[1] In the parliamentary elections later in the year, RADDES received 1.3% of the vote, failing to win a seat.^[1]