The Union for Rebirth / Sankarist Party (French: Union pour la Renaissance / Parti Sankariste, UNIR / PS) was a political party in Burkina Faso.
Union for Rebirth / Sankarist Party | |
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| Leader | Bénéwendé Stanislas Sankara |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Dissolved | 2021 |
| Merged into | Union for Rebirth / Patriotic Sankarist Movement |
| Ideology | Sankarism Socialism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Slogan | "Avec le Peuple, Victoire!" ("With the People, Victory!") |
| National Assembly | 5 / 127 |
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| Union pour la Renaissance / Mouvement Sankariste, UNIR/MS | |
History
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The party was founded on November 1, 2000. Its president is lawyer Bénéwendé Stanislas Sankara,[1] who bears no family relationship to Thomas Sankara.[2]
The name "Sankarist" party appears to be a reference to both the late President Thomas Sankara and the party's current leader. The party subscribes to Sankarism.
At the legislative elections on 5 May 2002, the party won 2.4% of the popular vote and three out of 111 seats. In the presidential election of 13 November 2005, its candidate Bénéwendé Stanislas Sankara took second place with 4.88% of the popular vote.[3] At the 2007 parliamentary elections, the party won four seats.
Political scientist Bettina Engels states that the UNIR/PS was among the opposition parties that participated in the 2014 uprising that ousted Blaise Compaoré, but that it "did not play a major role". The UNIR/PS went on to support the government of Roch Marc Christian Kaboré.[4]
On November 1st, 2021, it was announced that the party merged with the Mouvement Patriotique pour le Salut and other small Sankarist parties and organisations into a new party, the Union pour la Renaissance/ Mouvement patriotique sankariste (Union for Rebirth / Patriotic Sankarist Movement) or UNIR/MPS.[5][6] Bénéwendé Sankara continued to lead this party until he was succeeded by interim president Augustin Loada in January 2023.[7]
Electoral history
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edit| Election year | # of overall votes | % of overall vote | # of overall seats won | +/– |
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| 2002 | 42,599 | 2.45 (#) | 3 / 111
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| 2007 | 90,705 | 3.89 (#4) | 4 / 111
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| 2012 | 131,592 | 4.36 (#4) | 4 / 111
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| 2015 | 118,662 | 3.76 (#5) | 5 / 150
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| 2020 | 68,727 | 2.45 (#6) | 5 / 150
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Page about the party Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine on thomassankara.net.
- ^ De-Valera N.Y.M. Botchway and Moussa Traore, "Military Coup, Popular Revolution or Militarised Revolution?", in A Certain Amount of Madness: The Life, Politics and Legacies of Thomas Sankara (ed. Amber Murrey), London: Pluto Press, 2018, p. 22.
- ^ Elections in Burkina Faso, African Elections Database.
- ^ Bettina Engels, "Social Movement Struggles and Political Transition in Burkina Faso", in A Certain Amount of Madness: The Life, Politics and Legacies of Thomas Sankara (ed. Amber Murrey), London: Pluto Press, 2018, pp. 264-265.
- ^ "Burkina : L'Union pour la Renaissance/Mouvement patriotique sankariste (UNIR/MPS), le nouveau parti dirigé par Me Bénéwendé Sankara". Lefaso.net. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ "UNIR/MPS : Nouveau parti sankariste pour repartir à la conquête du pouvoir d'Etat". Burkina Demain. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ "Présidence de l'UNIR/MPS : Me Bénéwendé Sankara passe le témoin après 22 ans". Burkina24. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
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