Union for the Republic (Burkina Faso)

The Union pour la République, UPR is a party from the West African nation of Burkina Faso.

Election results

In the parliamentary elections of 2007, the UPR reached five out of a total of 111 seats and is thus behind the CDP and the ADF - RDA the third strongest party in Burkina Faso.

She has already achieved at the 2006 local elections this position where they could get 610 from a total of 17'786 seats ( 3.5%) in the municipal councils.

History

The UPR was established on 20 July 2004 by a group of parliamentarians, members of smaller parties that had only one seat in parliament, and some dissidents from other parties, to life. The Articles of Association were adopted at a founding congress on June 4, 2005. However, already on 2 November 2004, the founding members of the UPR were received by the Prime Minister Yonli, so the party was de facto accepted on that date.

The UPR thus represents a special case in the politics of Burkina Faso is because their party members were already sitting in Parliament before the party even existed. Next triggered their formation also sparked a new trend in politics Burkina Faso from: With its foundation stopped the up to this point progressive fragmentation of the political landscape.

Ideology

The UPR defines itself as a centrist - liberal, but without wishing to be too specific positions. In the presidential elections of 2005, the UPR supported the then reigning, and re-elected President Blaise Compaoré. As an argument to support the candidacy Compaoré in the presidential elections in 2005, its political and economic balance has been cited, so that the UPR set criteria such as effectiveness and efficiency across ideological maxim.

Swell

• Party in Burkina Faso
• Liberal Party