The Independent Party of Burkina (french: Parti indépendant du Burkina, PIB) was a
political party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...
in
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...
. In 2014
Maxime Kaboré was the chairman of the party.
History
The party failed to win any seats in the
2012 parliamentary elections, in which its national list received 0.25% of the vote.
Legislative elections in the national constituency
CENI
The party held its first congress in Ouagadougou
Ouagadougou ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Burkina Faso and the administrative, communications, cultural, and economic centre of the nation. It is also the country's largest city, with a population of 2,415,266 in 2019. The city's n ...
on 7 and 8 June 2014.[1er Congrès du Parti indépendant du Burkina : Maxime Kaboré contre la révision de l’article 37 mais pour le référendum](_blank)
Monsano It subsequently joined the Republican Front alliance.
References
Defunct political parties in Burkina Faso
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