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Rally of Social-Democrat Independents

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Rally of Social-Democrat Independents
LeaderAlain Bédouma Yoda
FoundedRecognised 6 January 1992
Dissolved1996
Merged intoCongress for Democracy and Progress
IdeologySocial democracy
Political positionCenter-left

The Rally of Social-Democrat Independents (French: Rassemblement des Sociaux Démocrates Indépendants, RSI) was a political party in Burkina Faso led by Alain Bédouma Yoda.

History

The party was officially recognised on 6 January 1992,[1] and won a single seat in the May 1992 parliamentary elections. In 1996 it merged into the new Congress for Democracy and Progress.[2]

References

  1. ^ Femmes d'Afrique, KARTHALA Editions, p193
  2. ^ Lawrence Rupley, Lamissa Bangali & Boureima Diamitani (2013) Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso, Rowman & Littlefield, p44