The coalition supported holding a referendum on Article 37 of the Constitution, which would have enabled the president Blaise Compaoré took be re-elected.[3][4] Amongst the leaders present at the founding of the Republican Front were Assimi Kouanda (National Executive Secretary, Congress for Democracy and Progress), Alain Zoubga (l'Autre Burkina), Ram Ouédraogo (Rally of the Ecologists of Burkina), Hermann Yaméogo (National Union for Democracy and Development), Maxime Kaboré (Independent Party of Burkina), Toussaint Abel Coulibaly (Union for the Republic) and Diemdoda Dicko (CFD).[1][5]