Voltaic Labour Party

Voltaic Labour Party
Parti Travailliste Voltaïque
FounderFrançois de Salles Kaboré[1]
Founded1970 (1970)[2]
Banned1974[1]
IdeologyCentre-left

The Voltaic Labour Party (in French: Parti Travailliste Voltaïque), 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).

References

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  2. ^ Simon, Marc (April 1972). "Haute-Volta, une démocratie avortée?" [Upper Volta, an aborted democracy?]. Esprit (413): 868. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  • Englebert, Pierre. La Revolution Burkinabè. Paris: L'Harmattan, 1986.