Coalition for Melilla

Coalition for Melilla (Spanish: Coalición por Melilla, CpM) is a political party in the Spanish city of Melilla.

Coalition for Melilla Coalición por Melilla
President	Mustafa Aberchán
Founded	2 October 1995
Headquarters	Melilla
Ideology	Social democracy Muslim and Berber rights
Political position	Centre-left
Assembly of Melilla	8 / 25
Website
www.coalicionpormelilla.es
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History

The party was formed shortly before the 1995 municipal regional elections of Melilla, as a split from the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) which had previously a strong electoral implantation among Muslim voters. At the 1995 municipal elections, CPM won five seats, as many as the PSOE, and the People's Party (PP) won 14. Three years later, in August 1998, there was a split in the PP and a new municipal executive was formed against the PP, including the CPM, with its leader Mustafa Aberchán entering it with the Environment portfolio.[1]

In 1999, Mustafa Aberchán, running on the Coalition ticket, became the first Muslim mayor of Melilla due to PSOE and Independent Liberal Group backing. At the 2007 elections for Melilla Assembly, the party came second (5 seats) after PP (15 seats). CxM was in an electoral alliance with United Left from June 2008 to September 2013.

Sources

1. Toñi Ramos, Coalición por Melilla, un partido de mayoría musulmana y moderado en sus reivindicaciones, El País, July 6, 1999

• Shireen Hunter. Islam, Europe's second religion: the new social, cultural, and political landscape. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002. ISBN 0-275-97608-4, ISBN 978-0-275-97608-8. Pg 173