Burkina Faso’s Transitional Legislative Assembly on Monday unanimously approved a bill dissolving all political parties and movements, marking a major turning point in the country’s political landscape.
All 69 voting members of the Transitional Legislative Assembly (ALT) endorsed the legislation on February 9, 2026, effectively dismantling the existing multiparty framework.
The adoption of the bill repeals the 2001 law governing political parties and movements, as well as the 2009 legislation on the financing of political parties, electoral campaigns and the status of the political opposition.
Minister of Territorial Administration Émile Zerbo said the measure reflects the government’s determination to refound the state and deeply reorganise national political life.
According to the executive, previous legal frameworks encouraged the proliferation of political parties lacking clear ideology, meaningful representation or genuine territorial roots, contributing to growing public distrust in political institutions.
The government argues that the application of these laws since the introduction of full multiparty politics has exposed their inadequacy in addressing the aspirations of the Burkinabè people and the country’s current security challenges. Officials say the existing framework no longer meets the requirements of state rebuilding and national unity.
The repeal is intended to pave the way for the drafting of a new legal framework better aligned with Burkina Faso’s sociocultural realities.
The bill was approved by the Council of Ministers on January 29, 2026. Authorities say the initiative, presented as necessary to end political divisions, forms part of the broader state refoundation process led by the transitional government.
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