The party was founded in 1958 by Issa Dana, Mahamut Outman and
Abba Siddick. Created to lobby the "no" vote to the
referendum on Chad's entry in the
French Community, the party advocated drastic political reforms, to be achieved if necessary through violence. The party was banned in 1962 when President
François Tombalbaye proclaimed the
Chadian Progressive Party the sole legal party. It survived as a clandestine organization under the leadership of
Ibrahim Abatcha. In 1966 the party merged with the General Union of the Children of Chad to form the
National Liberation Front of Chad (FROLINAT). ==References==