Struggling People's Organization

The Struggling People's Organization (French: Organisation du peuple en lutte, Haitian Creole: Òganizasyon Pèp k ap Lite), called until 1996 Lavalas Political Organization (French: Organisation Politique Lavalas, OPL), is a Haitian political party originating from the Lavalas political movement.

The OPL formed a majority of the Haitian Parliament from 1995 to 1997, and named Rosny Smarth as Prime Minister.

The OPL was an important supporter of privatization and economic austerity measures, looking to lay off thousands of public sector workers to please international financial institutions.

OPL has been heavily financed by foreign governmental agencies[citation needed] and took part in the destabilization campaign against Haiti's constitutional government (2001–2004).

In the presidential elections of 7 February 2006, its candidate Paul Denis won 2.62% of the popular vote.