Union pour la Renaissance / Parti Sankariste
| Union pour la Renaissance / Parti Sankariste |
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| Establishment date: | 2009 |
| Place of foundation: | Ouagadougou |
| Party chairman: | Bénéwendé Stanislas Sankara |
| Share of voters: | 4% (2012) |
| Website: | www.unirps.org |
The Union pour la Renaissance / Parti Sankariste ( UNIR / PS ) is a party from the West African state of Burkina Faso .
The UNIR / PS emerged from the merger of the Union pour la renaissance / Mouvement sankariste with the small Convention Panafricaine Sankariste (CPS) .
In 2012 she ran for the first time in a national election. She lost voting shares, but was able to hold the four parliamentary seats of her predecessors, as well as some seats in municipal executives. UNIR / PS is not only the largest, but also the only one of the multitude of Sankarist parties in Burkina Faso that can mobilize voters nationwide.
ideology
Ideologically, UNIR / PS sees itself in the tradition of the former president Thomas Sankara , a socialist revolutionary .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Le mot du président" on the UNIR / PS website ( 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.
- ↑ Burkina Faso: l'opposition conteste les résultats des élections législatives au Kadiogo , rfi.fr, December 8, 2012.
