| Union for Rebirth / Sankarist Party | |
|---|---|
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| Leader | Bénéwendé Stanislas Sankara |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Dissolved | 2021 |
| Merged into | Union for Rebirth / Patriotic Sankarist Movement |
| Ideology | Sankarism Socialism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Slogan | "Avec le Peuple, Victoire!" ("With the People, Victory!") |
| National Assembly | 5 / 127 |
| Website | |
| Union pour la Renaissance / Mouvement Sankariste, UNIR/MS | |
The Union for Rebirth / Sankarist Party (French: Union pour la Renaissance / Parti Sankariste, UNIR / PS) was a political party in Burkina Faso.
History
The party was founded on November 1, 2000. Its president is lawyer Bénéwendé Stanislas Sankara, who bears no family relationship to Thomas Sankara.
The name "Sankarist" party appears to be a reference to both the late President Thomas Sankara and the party's current leader. The party subscribes to Sankarism.
At the legislative elections on 5 May 2002, the party won 2.4% of the popular vote and three out of 111 seats. In the presidential election of 13 November 2005, its candidate Bénéwendé Stanislas Sankara took second place with 4.88% of the popular vote. At the 2007 parliamentary elections, the party won four seats.
Political scientist Bettina Engels [de] states that the UNIR/PS was among the opposition parties that participated in the 2014 uprising that ousted Blaise Compaoré, but that it "did not play a major role". The UNIR/PS went on to support the government of Roch Marc Christian Kaboré.
On November 1st, 2021, it was announced that the party merged with the Mouvement Patriotique pour le Salut and other small Sankarist parties and organisations into a new party, the Union pour la Renaissance/ Mouvement patriotique sankariste (Union for Rebirth / Patriotic Sankarist Movement) or UNIR/MPS. Bénéwendé Sankara continued to lead this party until he was succeeded by interim president Augustin Loada in January 2023.
Electoral history
National Assembly
| Election year | # of overall votes | % of overall vote | # of overall seats won | +/– |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 42,599 | 2.45 (#) | 3 / 111 | |
| 2007 | 90,705 | 3.89 (#4) | 4 / 111 |  1
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| 2012 | 131,592 | 4.36 (#4) | 4 / 111 | 
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| 2015 | 118,662 | 3.76 (#5) | 5 / 150 | 1
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| 2020 | 68,727 | 2.45 (#6) | 5 / 150 |
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See also
References
- Page about the party Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine on thomassankara.net.
- De-Valera N.Y.M. Botchway and Moussa Traore, "Military Coup, Popular Revolution or Militarised Revolution?", in A Certain Amount of Madness: The Life, Politics and Legacies of Thomas Sankara (ed. Amber Murrey), London: Pluto Press, 2018, p. 22.
- Elections in Burkina Faso, African Elections Database.
- Bettina Engels, "Social Movement Struggles and Political Transition in Burkina Faso", in A Certain Amount of Madness: The Life, Politics and Legacies of Thomas Sankara (ed. Amber Murrey), London: Pluto Press, 2018, pp. 264-265.
- "Burkina : L'Union pour la Renaissance/Mouvement patriotique sankariste (UNIR/MPS), le nouveau parti dirigé par Me Bénéwendé Sankara". Lefaso.net. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- "UNIR/MPS : Nouveau parti sankariste pour repartir à la conquête du pouvoir d'Etat". Burkina Demain. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- "Présidence de l'UNIR/MPS : Me Bénéwendé Sankara passe le témoin après 22 ans". Burkina24. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
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