Change 2005
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| Founded | December 2004 |
| Ideology | Big tent Factions Communism Socialism Democratic socialism Social democracy Green politics Sankarism Progressivism Ecologism |
| Political position | Centre-left to far-left |
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Change 2005 (French: Alternance 2005) was a political alliance in Burkina Faso (the former Upper Volta), founded to contest the presidential election in 2005.[1] The incumbent, Blaise Compaore, was standing for a third term and was expected to win despite claims that another term in office would be unconstitutional.[2] He was re-elected with 80.35% of the votes.[3]
Alternance 2005 was founded in December 2004 by 16 leftist parties. The grouping had put forward three candidates for the first round of the election: Hermann Yaméogo, president of Union nationale pour la démocratie et le développement (UNDD - National Union for Democracy and Development), Benewendé Stanislas Sankara of Union pour la renaissance/Mouvement sankariste (UNIR/MS - Union for Rebirth/Sankarist Movement) and Philippe Ouédraogo of the Parti africain de l'indépendance (PAI). However, Ouédraogo, later stood as a candidate for his own party, Rassemblement des écologistes du Burkina (RDEB - Rally of the Ecologists of Burkina) which announced its "retirement" from Alternance 2005 and supported its own candidate.[4]
Sankara, an MP, was one of the most prominent opposition figures in the election though few expected him to make an impression.[2] He received 4.88% of the vote.[citation needed]
The parties forming the alliance were:
- African Independence Party
- Citizens’ League of Builders
- Convergence for Social Democracy
- Group of Patriotic Democrats
- Movement for Democracy and Rebirth
- National Union for Democracy and Development
- Party for Democracy and Progress / Socialist Party
- Party for Democracy and Socialism
- Party of the Independent Forces for Development
- Patriotic Front for Change
- Rally of the Ecologists of Burkina
- Sankarist Democratic Front
- Social Forces Front
- Socialist Peasants Party
- Union for Rebirth/Sankarist Movement
- Union of Independent Democrats and Progressives
References[edit]
- ^ Francis Wiafe-Amoako, Africa 2016-2017, p 76
- ^ a b "Q&A: Burkina Faso votes ", BBC News, 11 November 2005
- ^ Turner, Barry (2010), Turner, Barry (ed.), "Burkina Faso", The Statesman’s Yearbook: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World 2011, The Statesman’s Yearbook, Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 241–244, doi:10.1007/978-1-349-58635-6_135, ISBN 978-1-349-58635-6
- ^ Oumarou Kologo, Les dons, phénomène anthropologique au coeur des élections au Burkina Faso: une analyse des comportements électoraux dans la ville de Ouagadougou, chapter 2, note 71. (in French)
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