Democratic Party (Mendoza)

Democratic Party of Mendoza
Partido Demócrata de Mendoza
AbbreviationPD
PresidentCarlos Balter[1]
FoundersEmilio Civit, Benito Villanueva
Founded1983
Preceded byNational Democratic Party
HeadquartersSarmiento 667, Mendoza, Argentina
Youth wingJuventud del Partido Demócrata
IdeologyConservatism[2][3]
Political positionRight-wing[4][5]
National affiliationLiberty Advances
National Democratic Party
Colours  Blue
Seats in the Chamber of Deputies of Mendoza
2 / 48
Seats in the Senate of Mendoza
0 / 38
Website
http://partidodemocrata.com.ar/

The Democratic Party is a provincial conservative and liberal[6] party in Mendoza, Argentina. It was founded in 1983.

History and principles

Since the end of the latest military regime in Argentina, the party has been the third political force in Mendoza, except in 1999 when it won the second position in the elections.[7]

For many years it was led by former national deputy and candidate for governor of the province Carlos Balter.[7]

In 2006, the president of the Democratic Party and national deputy, Omar De Marchi, asked "forgiveness" for the participation of leaders of this party during the last dictatorship.[8]

The Democratic Party promised to strengthen the role of the party in Cambiemos, which governs the province with Alfredo Cornejo.[1]

History

It was member of the national Recrear electoral alliance led by Ricardo López Murphy although in 2007 it supported the presidential bid of Roberto Lavagna rather than that of López Murphy.[9]

In the 2013 legislative elections, it formed a center-right alliance with the Republican Proposal, called the PD - PRO Union.

Since 2015, it has participated in an alliance with the Radical Civic Union and other parties in a centrist alliance called Frente Cambia Mendoza supporting the radical Alfredo Cornejo as governor of the Province, which finally managed to win the general elections.

With harsh criticism of the radical governor Rodolfo Suárez, the Democratic Party broke the agreement with the UCR and PRO and left Juntos por el Cambio.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Nuevo jefe del Partido Demócrata de Mendoza". 16 January 2016.
  2. ^ "La centroderecha ya debate su oferta electoral para 2021 - LA NACION". La Nación.
  3. ^ Vidal, Gardenia (November 2000). "El Partido Demócrata y sus tensiones internas. Diferentes perspectivas sobre ciudadanía y participación. Córdoba, 1922 - 1925". Cuadernos de Historia. Serie Economía y Sociedad (3): 169–206.
  4. ^ "De cara a 2023, el Partido Demócrata de Mendoza se reunió con Javier Milei en San Juan".
  5. ^ "El PD tiene nuevo presidente y se encamina a nuevas alianzas".
  6. ^ "Carlos Balter: "Hay un resurgir de las ideas liberales y se nota en los jóvenes" | Política".
  7. ^ a b "Amplio triunfo de los candidatos de Balter - LA NACION". La Nación.
  8. ^ "Autocrítica por haber apoyado a la dictadura - LA NACION". La Nación.
  9. ^ "López Murphy elogió al Partido Demócrata - LA NACION". La Nación.
  10. ^ "Con críticas a Rodolfo Suárez, los demócratas rompieron la alianza con la UCR y Pro en Mendoza". La Nación.


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