Republican Front (Burkina Faso)

The Republican Front (French: Front républicain) was a coalition of political parties in Burkina Faso. The coalition was launched on January 23, 2014, at a conference held at Hotel Splendid in the capital Ouagadougou.^[1][2] Some forty political parties took part in the foundation of the coalition.^[1] The coalition emerged in response to popular protests against reform of Article 37. The coalition supported holding a referendum on Article 37 of the Constitution, which would have enabled the president Blaise Compaoré took be re-elected.^[3][4] Amongst the leaders present at the founding of the Republican Front were (National Executive Secretary, Congress for Democracy and Progress), Alain Zoubga (l'Autre Burkina), Ram Ouédraogo (Rally of the Ecologists of Burkina), Hermann Yaméogo (National Union for Democracy and Development), Maxime Kaboré (Independent Party of Burkina), Toussaint Abel Coulibaly (Union for the Republic) and Diemdoda Dicko (CFD).^[1][5]

In February 2014 a list of member parties of the Front was released, with 25 parties from the presidential majority and 12 parties from the opposition.^[6]

At a meeting held in April 2014, twelve parties announced their entry into the Republican Front; (Paulin Sanfo), (Landry Charlemagne Kaboré), (Mahama Kouka Sawadogo), Patriotic Front for Change (Tahirou Zon), (Abou Nikièma), (Issa Balima), (Dieudonné Bakouan), (Edouard Ouédraogo), (Salvador Yaméogo), (David Cyrill Kondé), (Toubé Clément Dakio) and (Boureima Ouédraogo).^[7]

On April 12, 2014, the Republican Front organized a mass meeting at the Wobi stadium, Bobo Dioulasso.^[8] Chantal Compaoré, the first lady of the Republic, addressed the meeting.^[9]

On October 8, 2014, the Republican Front announced the entry of three new political parties into the front; the , the and the .^[10]

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