Voltaic Labour Party
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Voltaic Labour Party was a centre-left
political party
in Upper Volta
. PTV contested the 1970 elections, without any significant result.
PTV functioned as the political branch of the Voltaic Organization of Free Trade Unions (OVSL).
Source: Englebert, Pierre. La Revolution Burkinabè. Paris: L'Harmattan, 1986.
Centre-left
Centre-left is a political term that describes individuals, political parties or organisations such as think tanks whose ideology lies between the centre and the left on the left-right spectrum...
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Political party
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in Upper Volta
Republic of Upper Volta
The Republic of Upper Volta was established on December 11, 1958, as a self-governing colony within the French Community. Before attaining autonomy it had been French Upper Volta and part of the French Union. On August 5, 1960 it attained full independence from France.Thomas Sankara came to power...
. PTV contested the 1970 elections, without any significant result.
PTV functioned as the political branch of the Voltaic Organization of Free Trade Unions (OVSL).
Source: Englebert, Pierre. La Revolution Burkinabè. Paris: L'Harmattan, 1986.