sentences:  In 1962, the Tutsi monarch (the Mwami) decreed that UPRONA leadership would be determined by an election from the rank and file members of the party, and Bamina was elected the party president.The vice president of the party, Paul Mirerekano, had hoped to win the position of president and he refused to participate with the other leaders of the party, instead leading a split in the party which became known as the Monrovia group and consisted of most of the Hutu members (the remaining Tutsi wing identified as Casablanca).The Monrovia faction recognized the People's Republic of China in 1964, contrary to the desires of the Mwami.