Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Qatif Region

The Socialist Freedom Party of Zaire (French: Parti de la Liberté Socialiste du Zaïre or PLSZ) is the ruling political party of Socialist Republic of Zaire. A successor of the Congolese Freedom Party, the organisation responsible for creating Zaire. The PLSZ have a monopoly over the nominally democratic Zaire with no political parties permitted to exist without the governments approval, although corruption is reportedly rife within the party.

Although originally, the agricultural focus of soon became evermore present in the parties ideology, alongside nationalism. In the 1970's a policy named Zairianization was enacted with the purpose being to wipe the traces of colonialism from Zaire, with cities being renamed, Christian names being abolished and a greater sense of national identity being enforced.

The PLSZ's control has weakened since the fall of the Soviet Union with the country being the subject of several civil wars. With growing international pressure for Zaire to become democratic the PLSZ have drawn the ire globally, but have managed to retain power.