Union pour la renaissance / Mouvement sankariste
| Union pour la renaissance / Mouvement sankariste |
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| Establishment date: | 2000 |
| Place of foundation: | Ouagadougou |
| Party chairman: | Bénéwendé Stanislas Sankara |
| Share of voters: | 4% (2007) |
| Website: | |
The Union pour la renaissance / Mouvement sankariste (UNIR / MS) was a party from the West African state of Burkina Faso . Founded in 2000, it managed to establish itself as the strongest Sankarist party . In 2009 it merged with the small Convention Panafricaine Sankariste (CPS) to form the Union pour la Renaissance / Parti Sankariste (UNIR / PS).
It was active across the country and has been represented in the Burkinabe Parliament since 2002. In the local elections of July 22, 2006, she achieved a respectable success and was able to win some seats in local councils. In the parliamentary elections on May 6, 2007, she was able to increase her share of the vote and received four instead of the previous three seats in the National Assembly.
2005 presidential election
The party president Bénéwendé Stanislas Sankara ran as a candidate in the 2005 presidential elections, but his candidacy was difficult from the start, despite a combative tone, as he ran against the incumbent along with 14 other candidates. He finally came in second place with 4.88% behind the previous president Blaise Compaoré .
ideology
Ideologically, UNIR / MS sees itself in the tradition of the former President Thomas Sankara , a socialist revolutionary . Critics accuse the UNIR / MS of interpreting Sankara too much according to its own taste and of occupying unclear positions, for example in relation to economic policy.
In its time, UNIR / MS was not only the largest, but also the only one of the large number of Sankarist parties in Burkina Faso that had a nationwide mobilization potential.
Web links
- Information on UNIR / MS on the Thomas Sankara website (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Le mot du président ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the UNIR / PS website
- ↑ Election results of the legislative elections 2002
- ↑ Election results parliamentary elections 2007
- ^ Results of the 2005 presidential elections
- ↑ Political commentary on the ideology of the UNIR / MS ( Memento of the original from November 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the independent weekly newspaper L'Indépendant
