The Communist Party of Benin (in French: Parti Communiste du Bénin) is a political party in Benin. PCB was founded in 1977 by the Union of Communists of Dahomey. The party was initially called Communist Party of Dahomey (Parti Communiste du Dahomey). The first secretary of the party is Pascal Fantodji. PCB publishes La Flamme.
PCB was an illegal party, working in a clandestine manner against the Kérékou regime, and was only legally recognized on September 17, 1993.
PCB is associated with the International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations (Unity & Struggle).
In the legislative elections of 1995, PCB got one MP elected.
In the 1996 presidential elections, PCB candidate Pascal Fantodji got 17,977 votes (1.08%).
In 1998 Magloire Yansunnu was expelled. In 1999 Yansunnu formed the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Benin.
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“In communist society, where nobody has one exclusive sphere of activity but each can become accomplished in any branch he wishes, society regulates the general production and thus makes it possible for me to do one thing today and another tomorrow, to hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the evening, criticize after dinner, just as I have a mind, without ever becoming hunter, fisherman, shepherd or critic.”
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