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The Party for Democracy and Rally (French : Parti pour la démocratie et le rassemblement, PDR) was a political party in Burkina Faso led by Daouda Bayili.

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History

The party was formed on 27 August 1993 by Bayili, one of the two MPs for the African Independence Party. [1]

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In 1996 it merged into the new Congress for Democracy and Progress. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Femmes d'Afrique, KARTHALA Editions, p173
  2. ↑ Lawrence Rupley, Lamissa Bangali & Boureima Diamitani (2013) Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso, Rowman & Littlefield, p44
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