The Party of Independence, Labour and Justice (french: Parti de l’indépendance, du travail et de la justice, abbreviated PITJ) is 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 ...

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 ...

. The veteran

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leader and former general secretary of the

African Independence Party African Independence Party (in French: ''Parti Africain de l'Indépendance'') was a communist party in French West Africa (AOF). PAI was founded in Thiès, Senegal in 1957. Later as AOF was dissolved into independent countries the local PAI sectio ...

(PAI) Soumane Touré is the chairman of the party. Touré's PAI lost the registration of the party name in June 2011. In September 2011 Touré founded PITJ as his new political platform.aOuaga.
Burkina : Un opposant de renom exige « la mise en place rapide » du controversé Sénat
' The party failed to win any seats in the 2012 legislative election. The national list of the party got 8,139 votes (0.27%). In the

Houet province Houet is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Hauts-Bassins Region. The capital of Houet is Bobo-Dioulasso. In 2019, the province had a population of 1,509,377. Departments Houet is divided into 13 departments (one of them, Bo ...

the list of the party obtained 6,061 votes. PITJ contested the 2012 municipal elections, fielding candidates in 13 municipalities. The party won 64 seats. The party won the mayoral posts in Karankasso-Vigué (Houet province).netafrique.net.
SOUMANE TOURE (SECRETAIRE GENERAL DU PITJ): « Blaise Compaoré ne peut pas modifier l’article 37 »
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Installations des conseils municipaux dans les Hauts-Bassins : Le CDP règne en maître, l’ADF lui arrache la mairie de Bama
' When new mayors were installed in January 2013, PITJ retained the mayoral post in Karankasso-Vigué with Abdoulaye Simporé as its candidate. Simporé had also headed the PITJ candidature in Houet province. In March 2013 the PITJ leader Maxime Kambou was installed as first vice mayor of

Gaoua Gaoua is a market town in southern Burkina Faso known for its superstitious values and customs. The population, rested at 45,284. (2019 census) Located in the red earth, green hills, and fast flowing streams of southwestern Burkina Faso, Gaoua is ...

. The party had won 16 out of 130 seats in the municipal council in 2012.''Le Pays''.
Burkina Faso: Commune de Gaoua - Quels sont les potentiels candidats à la mairie?
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