Democratic Alliance (Venezuela)
The Democratic Alliance (Spanish: Alianza Democrática, AD) is a political coalition created to face the government of Nicolás Maduro in the 2020 Venezuelan parliamentary election and grouped in the National Assembly. It is made up of Hope for Change, Cambiemos and Progressive Advance parties of the predecessor coalition Agreement for Change, in addition to the intervened parties Democratic Action and Copei, and the later incorporated Primero Venezuela, United Venezuela, Ecological Movement, Unidad Vision Venezuela, Country Commitment and the also intervened Popular Will.[1][2]
Democratic Alliance Alianza Democrática | |
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| Abbreviation | AD |
| Leaders | Javier Bertucci (El Cambio) José Bernabé Gutiérrez (AD) Juan Carlos Alvarado (Copei) Timoteo Zambrano (CMC) Henri Falcón (AP) Luis Parra (PV) |
| Founded | 4 September 2020 |
| Split from | Democratic Unity Roundtable |
| Preceded by | Agreement for Change |
| Ideology | Liberal democracy Anti-Chavism Factions: Christian democracy Social democracy Social liberalism Progressivism Economic liberalism |
| Political position | Big tent |
| Slogan | The Superior Unity for Venezuela (Spanish: La Unidad Superior por Venezuela) |
| National Assembly | 20 / 277 |
| Governors | 1 / 23 |
| Mayors | 13 / 335 |
| Deputies of the Legislative Councils | 8 / 251 |
| Inter-Parliamentary Union | 3 / 8 |
| Parlatino | 3 / 12 |
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AD is the successor coalition of the Agreement for Change, and later also of the United Venezuela Alliance.
History
Creation and origin
On 4 September 2020, representatives of five political parties of the Venezuelan opposition met with the CNE to formalize the nominations of candidates for the questioned parliamentary elections that will be held on 6 December 2020.[3] The coalition was called the Democratic Alliance, whose main characteristic is that the directives of the main opposition parties (AD, VP, COPEI) were changed via the Supreme Court, after a document was introduced in the judicial body requesting the creation of a new ad-hoc board of directors and thus their electoral cards will be enabled to participate in the elections.[4][5]
On 8 September 2020, in a ceremony held with the presence of national and international media, Javier Bertucci, president of the El Cambio party, announced a new unit called "Democratic Alliance" to participate in the controversial 2020 parliamentary elections.[6] The alliance has the purpose of achieving the departure of the Maduro government with an "electoral, democratic and constitutional" route, through active participation in the upcoming elections (governors and mayors), and then call a recall referendum.[7][8]
Political actions
Juan Carlos Alvarado, general secretary of Copei, said that the alliance nominated candidates in the 2020 parliamentary elections in the 24 state lists and 87 electoral districts of the country.[9] He mentioned that said alliance has a structure to defend the vote in the 14,509 voting centers and the more than 35,000 polling stations enabled for the elections to be held on 6 December 2020.[10]
The Ecological Movement joins the Democratic Alliance in some states such as Amazonas, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Lara, Mérida, Miranda, Nueva Esparta, Táchira, Trujillo, Vargas and Zulia.[11]
On December 9, the CNE published on its official website the bulletin that awards the 274 deputies by voting National, Regional and Nominal Lists. The coalition obtained the majority of the opposition votes, obtaining 1,169,363, representing 18.76% of the total participation.[12]
Subsequently, the dissident parties of Primero Venezuela of the deputies Luis Parra and José Brito, United Venezuela of the alternate deputy Chaim Bucarán and the judicially intervened party Popular Will of the also alternate José Gregorio Noriega were incorporated.
Composition
At present, the Alliance is made up of 27 political parties, mentioned below:
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Electoral results
Parliamentary elections
| Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Rank | Government |
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| 2020 | 1,101,816 | 17.68 | 18 / 277 |
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References
- "Cerró el plazo para postular candidatos para el #6D | 800Noticias". 800noticias.com. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- "Alianza Democrática formalizó inscripción de candidatos – Diario La Calle" (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- "Los partidos de los ex candidatos presidenciales Javier Bertucci y Henri Falcón se presentarán en las elecciones parlamentarias en Venezuela". infobae (in European Spanish). 9 September 2020. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- "TSJ suspende directiva de AD y le entrega el partido a Bernabé Gutiérrez". Crónica Uno (in Spanish). 2020-06-16. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- Hern, Valery. "Alianza Democrática formalizó inscripción de candidatos para parlamentarias del 6D | EL EVANGELIO CAMBIA" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-09-06.
- Globovision. "Javier Bertucci: Participando hacemos mucho más". Globovisión. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
- "Unión Radio". unionradio.net. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
- "6-D | Bertucci: "la única vía es la participación electoral"". Diario Nuevo Día – Noticias en Falcón (in Spanish). 2020-09-08. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
- "Cinco partidos de oposición presentan su "Alianza Democrática" de cara a las parlamentarias del 6-D". El Universal (in Spanish). 2020-08-09. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
- ""Alianza Democrática" insta a opositores a conformar listas únicas para el 6D". TalCual (in Spanish). 2020-09-08. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
- "Partidos que enfrentarán al PSUV no unificaron candidaturas para el 6-D". Crónica Uno (in Spanish). 2020-10-11. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- "Resultados Parlamentarias 2020".