At a meeting held in April 2014, twelve parties announced their entry into the Republican Front; Congress of African Nations/Burkina Faso (Paulin Sanfo), Republican Democratic Front (Landry Charlemagne Kaboré), Movement for Democracy and Freedoms (Mahama Kouka Sawadogo), Patriotic Front for Change (Tahirou Zon), Republican and Democratic Front (Abou Nikièma), Union of Centrist Forces (Issa Balima), Justice and Development Party (Dieudonné Bakouan), Force for the Defense of Democracy (Edouard Ouédraogo), Rally of Democrats for Faso (Salvador Yaméogo), Party of Progressive Patriots (David Cyrill Kondé), Union for Development and Democracy (Toubé Clément Dakio) and Alliance for Democracy in Faso (Boureima Ouédraogo).[7]