Movimiento Nueva República

Movimiento Nueva República
English name	New Republic Movement
Secretaria General Provisional	Aníbal García
Founded	2009
Ideology	Progressivism
Political position	Left-wing
Seats in Congress 2008-2012	1
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Movimiento Nueva República (MNR) was a progressive Guatemalan political party, led by former congressman Aníbal García.

History

The MNR was publicly founded on March 29, 2009. During the 2011 elections in Guatemala, Movimiento Nueva República participated as a part of the Frente Amplio de Izquierda, a coalition of leftist political parties including Winaq, Alternativa Nueva Nación (ANN), and the Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca (URNG). Along with local and legislative candidates, current MNR congressman Aníbal García ran for vicepresident alongside Nobel Prize-winning Rigoberta Menchú of Winaq, the presidential candidate.^[1]

Ideology

Movimiento Nueva República identifies as a leftist party, with a clear socialist-revolutionary ideals and an inclusive progressive, pluricultural and multiethnic makeup. According to its leaders, the Movement seeks to establish a New Republic to advance the following goals:

the wellbeing of the masses
the full expression of human rights
equality and recognition for the diverse peoples of Guatemala.

The Movimiento also rejects all forms of imperialism and the subjugation of certain nations by others.

2015 election

Main article: Guatemalan general election, 2015

In the legislative elections held on September 6, 2015, the MNR secured 43,127 votes (0.96% of the total) in the race for national-list deputies and, save for defections, will have no representation in the 2016-2020 Congress. In the presidential election held on the same day, its candidate Aníbal García received 28,427 votes (0.58%).

Having failed to secure the minimum of 5% of the popular vote or one seat in Congress, the MNR will forfeit its registration as a party.

References

↑ "Proclaman binomios de Viva-EG y el Frente Amplio". El Periódico. Retrieved 2011-05-08.

External links

Official page of Movimiento Nueva República

Political parties in Guatemala

Parties in Congress	Renewed Democratic Liberty National Unity of Hope Todos Patriotic Party National Convergence Front National Change Union Commitment, Renewal and Order Vision with Values Encounter for Guatemala Convergence Winaq Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity National Advancement Party Fuerza

Extra-parliamentary	Democratic Union Front for Democracy Grand National Alliance Institutional Republican Party Reform Movement Social Action Centre Unionist Party Victory

Defunct parties	New Nation Alternative

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