The National Convention of Progressive Patriots–Social Democratic Party (French : Convention Nationale des Patriotes Progressistes/Parti Social-Démocrate , CNPP/PSD) was a political party in Burkina Faso led by Pierre Tapsoba .
History
The party was expelled from the Popular Front in March 1991, after criticising policies of the ruling Organization for Popular Democracy – Labour Movement (ODP-MT).[ 1] parliamentary elections the following year, receiving 12% of the vote and winning 12 of the 107 seats in the National Assembly .
In May 1993 the party suffered a breakaway when six of its MPs left to join the new Party for Democracy and Progress .[ 2]
In 1996 it merged into the new Congress for Democracy and Progress alongside the ODP-MT.[ 3]
References
^ Tom Lansford (2014) Political Handbook of the World 2014 , CQ Press, p203
^ Lawrence Rupley, Lamissa Bangali & Boureima Diamitani (2013) Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso , Rowman & Littlefield, p112
^ Rupley et al, p44
Parliamentary Unrepresented Defunct
