The Coalition of Progressive Parliamentarians (French, Concertation des Parlementaires Progressistes, CPP) is a political alliance in the National Assembly of Haiti

National Assembly of Haïti

The Parliament of Haiti is the legislature of the Republic of Haiti. It sits at the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. The Parliament is bicameral, the upper house being the Senate of Haiti and the lower house being the Chamber of Deputies of Haiti....

, primarily in the lower house

Chamber of Deputies of Haïti

The Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of Haiti's bicameral legislature, the National Assembly. The upper house of the National Assembly is the Senate of Haiti. The Chamber has ninety-nine members who are elected by popular vote to four-year terms...

. It currently consists of 53 out of 99 sitting deputies, and is the largest bloc in the legislature (compared to the Union of Parliamentarians for National Development, Fusion of Haitian Social Democrats

Fusion of Haitian Social Democrats

The Fusion of Haitian Social Democrats is a political party in Haiti. In the presidential elections of 7 February 2006, its candidate Serge Gilles won 2,62 % of the popular vote. In the 7 February 2006 Senate elections, the party won 9.9 % of the popular vote and 4 out of 30 Senators, taking...

 and the OPL

Struggling People's Organization

The Struggling People's Organization is a Haitian political party originating from the Lavalas political movement...

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Cooperative Action to Build Haiti

The Cooperative Action to Build Haiti is a political party in Haiti. In the 7 February and 21 April 2006 Chamber of Deputies elections, the party won 1 out of 99 seats....

 alliance, all of which together have only 45 out of 99 deputies).

It is best-known as the bloc which pushed for a successful vote of no confidence against prime minister Jacques-Édouard Alexis

Jacques-Édouard Alexis

Jacques-Édouard Alexis is a Haitian politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Haiti from 1999 to 2001 and was Prime Minister for a second term from 2006 to 2008 when he was dismissed due to political fallout from food riots....

 and soon after rejected two of President René Préval

René Préval

René Garcia Préval is a Haitian politician and agronomist who was the President of the Republic of Haiti from 14 May 2006 to 14 May 2011. He previously served as President from February 7, 1996, to February 7, 2001, and as Prime Minister from February 1991 to October 11, 1991.-Early life and...

's nominations for Alexis' replacement in 2008.

The CPP is headed by François Lucas Sainvil of Lespwa

Lespwa

Fwon Lespwa is a Haitian political coalition headed by René Préval, who served as president from 1996 to 2001 and from 2006 to 2011. The name Lespwa is the Haitian Creole form of the French l'espoir, meaning "hope". The coalition's full French name is Front de l'Espoir...

 and has been characterized as leftist, populistic and anti-neoliberal

Neoliberalism

Neoliberalism is a market-driven approach to economic and social policy based on neoclassical theories of economics that emphasizes the efficiency of private enterprise, liberalized trade and relatively open markets, and therefore seeks to maximize the role of the private sector in determining the...

 in the press. The coalition especially criticizes Haiti's relationship with international organizations such as the International Monetary Fund

International Monetary Fund

The International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world...

 and the World Bank

World Bank

The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...

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