This article is missing information about the party's ideology.(November 2015) |
Party of Independence, Labour and Justice Parti de l’indépendance, du travail et de la justice | |
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Abbreviation | PITJ |
Chairman | Soumane Touré |
Founded | September 2011 |
Preceded by | African Independence Party |
Ideology | Socialism |
National Assembly of Burkina Faso (2012) | 0 / 127
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Municipal Councils (2012) | 64 / 18,548
|
The Party of Independence, Labour and Justice ( French: Parti de l’indépendance, du travail et de la justice, abbreviated PITJ) is a political party in Burkina Faso. The veteran trade union leader and former general secretary of the African Independence Party (PAI) Soumane Touré is the chairman of the party. [1]
Touré's PAI lost the registration of the party name in June 2011. [2] In September 2011 Touré founded PITJ as his new political platform. [1]
The party failed to win any seats in the 2012 legislative election. [3] The national list of the party got 8,139 votes (0.27%). [4] In the Houet province the list of the party obtained 6,061 votes. [5] PITJ contested the 2012 municipal elections, fielding candidates in 13 municipalities. The party won 64 seats. [6] The party won the mayoral posts in Karankasso-Vigué (Houet province). [7] [8] When new mayors were installed in January 2013, PITJ retained the mayoral post in Karankasso-Vigué with Abdoulaye Simporé as its candidate. [8] Simporé had also headed the PITJ candidature in Houet province. [9] In March 2013 the PITJ leader Maxime Kambou was installed as first vice mayor of Gaoua. [10] The party had won 16 out of 130 seats in the municipal council in 2012. [11]
This article is missing information about the party's ideology.(November 2015) |
Party of Independence, Labour and Justice Parti de l’indépendance, du travail et de la justice | |
---|---|
Abbreviation | PITJ |
Chairman | Soumane Touré |
Founded | September 2011 |
Preceded by | African Independence Party |
Ideology | Socialism |
National Assembly of Burkina Faso (2012) | 0 / 127
|
Municipal Councils (2012) | 64 / 18,548
|
The Party of Independence, Labour and Justice ( French: Parti de l’indépendance, du travail et de la justice, abbreviated PITJ) is a political party in Burkina Faso. The veteran trade union leader and former general secretary of the African Independence Party (PAI) Soumane Touré is the chairman of the party. [1]
Touré's PAI lost the registration of the party name in June 2011. [2] In September 2011 Touré founded PITJ as his new political platform. [1]
The party failed to win any seats in the 2012 legislative election. [3] The national list of the party got 8,139 votes (0.27%). [4] In the Houet province the list of the party obtained 6,061 votes. [5] PITJ contested the 2012 municipal elections, fielding candidates in 13 municipalities. The party won 64 seats. [6] The party won the mayoral posts in Karankasso-Vigué (Houet province). [7] [8] When new mayors were installed in January 2013, PITJ retained the mayoral post in Karankasso-Vigué with Abdoulaye Simporé as its candidate. [8] Simporé had also headed the PITJ candidature in Houet province. [9] In March 2013 the PITJ leader Maxime Kambou was installed as first vice mayor of Gaoua. [10] The party had won 16 out of 130 seats in the municipal council in 2012. [11]