Social and Political Front

Social and Political Front
Frente Social y Político
AbbreviationFSP
FounderLuis Eduardo Garzón
Registered1999
IdeologyLeft-wing
PartiesColombian Communist Party
Patriotic Union
Present for Socialism

The Social and Political Front (Spanish: Frente Social y Político, FSP) was a political coalition of several left wing parties in Colombia.[1][2] Its creation was proposed by Luis Eduardo Garzón in 1999 at the Central Unitary Workers' Union (CUT) Congress in opposition to the Andrés Pastrana government and two party political monopoly.[3]

In 2005, it was part of the wider Democratic Alternative (AD) movement, which in 2006 joined the Independent Democratic Pole (PDI) in order to create the Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA) alliance. They supported Carlos Gaviria Díaz for the presidency.

Participants

Parties and organizations affiliated with the coalition included the Colombian Communist Party, Present for Socialism, Poder y Unidad Popular, Gustavo Marín Workers Collective,[1] Movement for the Defense of the Rights of the People (MODEP), the Patriotic Union (UP), and several unions and social organizations.

Notable members

Political Development

Carlos Gaviria Díaz, FSP senator.

In the March 10th 2002 legislative election, the coalition won parliamentary representation as one of the many small parties who participated. It won two seats in the Chamber, with Wilson Borja and Alexander López, and one in the Senate, with Former Chief Magistrate of Colombia's Constitutional Court Carlos Gaviria Díaz.[3]

Senator Gaviria Díaz, a member of the FSP, was chosen as Democratic Alternative's presidential pre-candidate.

In March 2006, the AD and the PDI subsequently decided on a common candidate for that year's May 28 elections, selecting Carlos Gaviria over the PDI's Antonio Navarro.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Lozano Guillén, Carlos A. (3 August 2001). "El Frente Social y Político" [The Social and Political Front]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 31 March 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Partido Frente Social y Político". Congreso Visible, Universidad de los Andes Colombia (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e Restrepo Echavarria, Nestor Julian; Alejandro Casas, Diego; Patiño, Illimani (2021). "LA IZQUIERDA EN COLOMBIA. UN ANÁLISIS DEL COMPORTAMIENTO ELECTORAL EN EL SIGLO XXI" [THE LEFT IN COLOMBIA. AN ANALYSIS OF ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR IN THE 21ST CENTURY]. Novum Jus (in Spanish). 15 (1). doi:10.14718/novumju. ISSN 2500-8692 – via SciELO.


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