The coalition was launched on January 23, 2014, at a conference held at Hotel Splendid in the capital Ouagadougou.
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).
[6] 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] On April 12, 2014, the Republican Front organized a mass meeting at the Wobi stadium, Bobo Dioulasso.