African Independence Party (Touré)
The African Independence Party (French: Parti Africain de l’Indépendance) was a political party in Burkina Faso, led by Soumane Touré. It was formed in 1999 when Touré broke away from the original PAI.
African Independence Party | |
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Leader | Soumane Touré |
Founded | 1999 |
Dissolved | September 2011 |
Succeeded by | Party of Independence, Labour and Justice |
Ideology | Socialism |
Political position | Left-wing |
Touré's PAI joined the government and obtained the legal recognition to the name PAI.
At the legislative elections, 5 May 2002, the party won 3.6% of the popular vote and 5 out of 111 seats.
Touré won 1.1% of the vote in the presidential elections of 2005. At the 2007 parliamentary elections, the party won 1 seat.
The party published L'Avant-Garde.
Touré's PAI lost the registration of the party name in June 2011.[1] In September 2011 Touré founded a new party, the Party of Independence, Labour and Justice (PITJ).[2]
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