Organisation for Democracy and Labour

Organisation for Democracy and Labour Organisation pour la démocratie et le travail
Abbreviation	ODT
Chairman	Moïse Sawadogo
Legalised	April 14, 2003 (2003-04-14)
National Assembly of Burkina Faso (2012)	1 / 127
Municipal Councils (2012)	46 / 18,548

The Organisation for Democracy and Labour (French: Organisation pour la démocratie et le travail, abbreviated ODT) is a political party in Burkina Faso. The party supported the government of Blaise Compaoré.^[1] As of 2013 Moïse Sawadogo was the chairman of the party.^[1] The slogan of the party is 'Democracy - Work - Justice'.^[2]

The party was registered with the Burkinabé authorities for the first time on April 14, 2003. It was re-registered in 2007 and 2011.^[1]

The party contested elections for the first time in 2006, fielding candidates in local polls. 17 ODT municipal councilors were elected.^[3]

The party won one seat in the 2012 legislative election.^[1] The party general secretary Dieudonné Sawadogo was elected from Bam Province.^[1][4] The provincial list of the party got 12,813 votes.^[5] The national list of the party got 62,479 votes (2.07%).^[6] The party also contested the 2012 municipal elections, fielding candidates in 20 municipalities. The party won 46 seats.^[7] The party won the mayoral post of Guibaré.^[3]

In August-September 2013 ODT underwent an internal crisis.^[1][3] On August 31, 2013 Dieudonné Sawadogo organised an extraordinary party congress in Kongoussi, which declared Moïse Sawadogo deposed and named Mahamoudou Sawadogo as new party chairman.^[3] In response, in September 2013, Moïse Sawadogo declared Dieudonné Sawadogo and eight other party members expelled, citing 'high treason' against the party.^[1][8]

References

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