The CPDS is headed by a president and a secretary-general, who are currently Santiago Obama Ndong and Andres Esono Ondo, respectively.

The party held its Second National Congress in Bata in February 2001; Plácido Micó Abogo was again chosen as secretary-general.

[1] The party's candidate in the December 2002 presidential election was Celestino Bonifacio Bacalé, who withdrew from the election along with other opposition candidates due to alleged fraud and intimidation[2][3] but remained on the ballot and won 2.2% of the vote; President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of the Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea won 97.1%.

[5] Although the Convergence is a legally recognized party, its members are regularly detained and/or tortured by police.

[citation needed] The CPDS acquired a radio station in August 2008 and began broadcasting from it in September.