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The Rally for Change and Democracy (French: Rassemblement pour le Changement et la Démocratie, RACHADE) was a political party in the Comoros led by Said Hassane Said Hachim.

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Formed in 1991,^[1] RACHADE received 8.1% of the vote in the 1992 parliamentary elections, finishing in third place. The party won a single seat in the early elections the following year.^[2]

Following a 1995 coup RACHADE joined the government formed by interim President Caabi El-Yachroutu Mohamed, with Soilih Hassan becoming Minister of Justice and Islamic Affairs and Chaharane Said Ali becoming Minister of Public Services.^[3] Hachim was the party's candidate for the 1996 presidential elections, finishing ninth in a field of 15 candidates.

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^ Martin Ottenheimer & Harriet Ottenheimer (1994) Historical Dictionary of the Comoro Islands, Scarecrow Press, p73
^ Elections held in 1993 IPU
^ Comoros Islands: Apres-Djohar cabinet African Intelligence, 7 October 1995

[1] Martin Ottenheimer & Harriet Ottenheimer (1994) Historical Dictionary of the Comoro Islands, Scarecrow Press, p73

[2] Elections held in 1993 IPU

[3] Comoros Islands: Apres-Djohar cabinet African Intelligence, 7 October 1995

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