The Party for Democracy and Rally (french: Parti pour la démocratie et le rassemblement, PDR) 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 the ...

led by Daouda Bayili.

History

The party was formed on 27 August 1993 by Bayili, one of the two MPs for 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 ...

. 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 ...

.Lawrence Rupley, Lamissa Bangali & Boureima Diamitani (2013) ''Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso'', Rowman & Littlefield, p44

References

{{Burkinabé political parties Defunct political parties in Burkina Faso Political parties established in 1993 1993 establishments in Burkina Faso Political parties disestablished in 1996 1996 disestablishments in Burkina Faso