The Party for Democracy and Rally (, PDR) was a political party in

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,87 ...

led by Daouda Bayili.

History

The party was formed on 27 August 1993 by Bayili, one of the two MPs for the

African Independence Party The African Independence Party (, PAI) was a communist party in French West Africa (AOF). PAI was founded in Thiès, Senegal in 1957. Later as AOF was dissolved into independent countries the local PAI sections became independent parties, often ke ...

. In 1996 it merged into the new

Congress for Democracy and Progress The Congress for Democracy and Progress (, ''CDP'') was the ruling party in Burkina Faso from 1996 until the overthrow of Blaise Compaoré in 2014. History The party was founded in February 1996 by merger of the Organization for Popular Democr ...

.Lawrence Rupley, Lamissa Bangali & Boureima Diamitani (2013) ''Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso'', Rowman & Littlefield, p44

References

Defunct political parties in Burkina Faso Political parties established in 1993 1993 establishments in Burkina Faso Political parties disestablished in 1996 1996 disestablishments in Burkina Faso {{BurkinaFaso-party-stub