Social Alliance Party

The Social Alliance Party (Spanish: Partido Alianza Social), or PAS, was a centrist humanist political party in Mexico from 1998 to 2003.[1][2]

Social Alliance Party
AbbreviationPAS
PresidentJosé Antonio Calderón Cardoso
General SecretaryAdalberto Rosas Lopez [3]
FounderJosé Antonio Calderón Cardoso & Guillermo Calderón Domínguez
Founded1998
Dissolved2003
Preceded byMexican Democratic Party
HeadquartersMexico City
IdeologyHumanism
Christian Democracy [4]
Political positioncentre-right to right-wing
SloganFor Peace, Truth and Change

The PAS never managed to have a real presence in the Mexican elections other than in the 2000 general election, where the party participated in part of the Alliance for Mexico. A coalition that supports Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano for presidency, which permitted him to conserve the registration and gave him two Federal Deputies in the 58th Legislature.

History

Initial stages and foundation of PAS 1997-1998

After the Mexican Democratic Party Loss in the 1997 Mexican Legislative Elections, The National Congress of the Mexican Democratic Party was held in Mexico City that an agreement was reached to dissolve the aforementioned “political institute” [5] and many Militants of the PDM and with other right-wing rearmaments like the National Synarchist Union and Politicians including José Antonio Calderón Cardoso and Guillermo Calderón Domínguez that the formation of a new party should be based on for those interested in contributing to "solving the current problems " of the country through “electoral political participation“.[6]

Decline and dissolution

Before competing in the 2003 Legislative Elections, The Federal Electoral Institute sanctioned PAS with a fine of 3 million 285 thousand pesos [7] for alleged mismanagement of economic resources and use of treasury money in "non-partisan activities". Beatriz Patricia Lorenzo Juarez, Organization secretary of the party. Alluding to the fines imposed by the IFE, Criticized the attempt to "treat all parties equally".

Guillermo Calderón claimed that an "annual plan" was in development to help structure the party and achieving a presence throughout the country to compete in the legislative elections. He asserted that the projection of PAS for 2003 must be applied in order not to lose its registration with the IFE and allow them to participate in the next electoral local elections.[8]

PAS never managed to achieve the votes needed to keep registration during the 2003 Legislative elections (2.00%), only managing to receive around 0.7% votes to be considered a political party, thus dissolving PAS on the 29th of August 2003

Ideology

The PAS defined itself centrist and forbade to fit into the traditional spectrum of right or left;[1] however, it was considered right-wing as it’s precursor and just about all its members appeared from the dissolved Mexican Democratic Party.[6][2][9]

PAS presidents

PAS presidential candidates

References
  1. https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/object/bb94893552/_1.pdf
  2. Paz, Guillermina BAENA (2002). "El Partido Alianza Social". Estudios Políticos (in Spanish) (31). doi:10.22201/fcpys.24484903e.2002.31.37563. ISSN 2448-4903.
  3. "EL FUTURO POLITICO DEL PARTIDO ALIANZA SOCIAL" (in Spanish).
  4. "Register". go.gale.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  5. "Gale - Product Login". galeapps.gale.com. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  6. "Gale - Product Login". galeapps.gale.com. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  7. $314,893.61 USD 2002-2003
  8. "Gale - Product Login". galeapps.gale.com. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  9. Electoral, Instituto Federal (26 January 2001). "LA FILOSOFÍA DEL PARTIDO ALIANZA SOCIAL" (in Spanish).
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