Voltaic Solidarity (in
French: ''Solidarité Voltaïque'') was a political alliance in
Upper Volta formed after the territorial elections in . SV was constituted by the
Social Party for the Emancipation of the African Masses
Social Party for the Emancipation of the African Masses (in French: ''Parti Social pour l'Émancipation des Masses Africaines'') was a political party in Upper Volta, led by Joseph Conombo and Henri Guissou. PSEMA was founded in 1955 following a ...
(PSEMA),
African Popular Movement
The African Popular Movement (in French: ''Mouvement Populaire Africain'') was a political party in Upper Volta, led by Nazi Boni. MPA was founded in 1955 following a split in the Voltaic Union.
In the 1957 Territorial Assembly elections MPA wo ...
(MPA) and the
Voltaic Democratic Movement (MDV). SV demanded the resignation of the vice-president of the territory,
Ouezzin Coulibaly. A motion of no-confidence was called for, but four SV deputes sided with the government and the motion was defeated. One of those four deputies was
Maurice Yaméogo
Maurice Yaméogo (31 December 1921 – 15 September 1993) was the first President of the Republic of Upper Volta, now called Burkina Faso, from 1959 until 1966.
"Monsieur Maurice" embodied the Voltaic state at the moment of independence. However ...
, who joined the
African Democratic Rally
African or Africans may refer to:
* Anything from or pertaining to the continent of Africa:
** People who are native to Africa, descendants of natives of Africa, or individuals who trace their ancestry to indigenous inhabitants of Africa
*** Ethn ...
.
In 1958 SV joined the
African Regroupment Party.
Source: Englebert, Pierre. ''La Revolution Burkinabè''. Paris: L'Harmattan, 1986.
Defunct political party alliances in Burkina Faso
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