The National Convention of Progressive Patriots–Social Democratic Party (french: Convention Nationale des Patriotes Progressistes/Parti Social-Démocrate, CNPP/PSD) was a political party 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 ...

led by Pierre Tapsoba.

History

The party was expelled from the

Popular Front A popular front is "any coalition of working-class and middle-class parties", including liberal and social democratic ones, "united for the defense of democratic forms" against "a presumed Fascist assault". More generally, it is "a coalition ...

in March 1991, after criticising policies of the ruling Organization for Popular Democracy – Labour Movement (ODP-MT). It finished second in the parliamentary elections the following year, receiving 12% of the vote and winning 12 of the 107 seats in the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the rep ...

. In May 1993 the party suffered a breakaway when six of its MPs left to join the new Party for Democracy and Progress. In 1996 it merged into the new

Congress for Democracy and Progress The Congress for Democracy and Progress (french: Congrès pour la Démocratie et le Progrès, ''CDP'') was the ruling party in Burkina Faso from 1996 until the overthrow of Blaise Compaoré in 2014. History The party was founded in February 199 ...

alongside the ODP-MT.Rupley et al, p44

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:National Convention of Progressive Patriots-Social Democratic Party Defunct political parties in Burkina Faso Political parties disestablished in 1996 1996 disestablishments in Burkina Faso Political parties with year of establishment missing