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Union for Progress and Reform

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Union for Progress and Reform
Union pour le Progrès et le Changement
LeaderZéphirin Diabré
Founded2010
IdeologyBig tent
Liberal democracy[1]
Political positionCentre
Continental affiliationAfrica Liberal Network
International affiliationLiberal International (Observer)
National Assembly
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Zéphirin Diabré and other UPC members in Ouagadougou in October 2017

The Union for Progress and Reform (French: Union pour le Progrès et le Changement, UPC) is a political party in Burkina Faso. The party describes itself as non-ideological.[1]

History

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The UPC was established by Zéphirin Diabré in 2010 after he left the ruling Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP).[2][3] It finished third in the popular vote in the 2012 parliamentary elections with 11%, winning 19 of the 127 seats in the National Assembly, becoming the second-largest party after the CDP. In the 2015 general elections it received 21% of the vote, winning 33 seats. Its presidential candidate Zéphirin Diabré finished second with 30% of the vote.

References

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  1. ^ a b About UPC- Union pour le Progrès et le Changement Official UPC Facebook page
  2. ^ Tom Lansford (2014) Political Handbook of the World 2014, CQ Press, p203
  3. ^ Last elections IPU