Independent Liberal Party (Nicaragua)
Political party in Nicaragua
Independent Liberal Party
Partido Liberal Independiente
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Leader | José del Carmen Alvarado |
Founded | 1944 |
Split from | Nationalist Liberal Party |
Headquarters | Managua , Nicaragua |
Ideology | Liberalism |
Political position | Center-right [ citation needed ] |
Regional affiliation | Center-Democratic Integration Group |
International affiliation | Liberal International (observer) [1] |
Colors | Red, white and blue |
Seats in the National Assembly |
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www.plinicaragua.org | |
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The Independent Liberal Party ( Spanish : Partido Liberal Independiente - PLI ) is a Nicaraguan political party, which separated from Somoza 's Nationalist Liberal Party (PLN) in 1944 and took part in the probably fraudulent election of 1947 , won by Somoza's favored candidate. The PLI participated in the 1984 election , winning 9.6% of vote for President with its candidate Virgilio Godoy . In 1990 it was part of the National Opposition Union (UNO) - a broad alliance of Sandinista regime opponents - with Virgilio Godoy running as the vice-presidential candidate. UNO won the elections with 54% of the vote. The UNO alliance split in 1993, and in the 1996 elections the PLI, under the candidature of Virgilio Godoy , suffered its worst electoral debacle, receiving only 0.32% of the vote. It joined with Enrique Bolaños ' PLC for the 2001 elections , and was part of Montealegre 's Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance in the 2006 elections .
During the 2011 presidential election , the party participated as part of an alliance against the ruling FSLN that also included the Movimiento vamos con Eduardo , a faction led by former PLC member Eduardo Montealegre , the Sandinista Renovation Movement , PAC, Partido Multiétnico por la Unidad Costeña , dissident Conservatives, Sociedad Civil and independents. [2] The candidate for presidency was the veteran journalist and writer Fabio Gadea Mantilla . The election was eventually won by incumbent president Daniel Ortega with Gadea finishing second.
After many years of infighting between different factions, and five months before the 2016 general election , the Nicaraguan Supreme Electoral Court removed disputed PLI leader Eduardo Montealegre, replacing him with Pedro Reyes . [3] Reyes, a little known figure in Nicaraguan politics, despite having been the PLI vice-presidential candidate in 1996 and PLI Secretary General from 1995-2005, was elected vice-president of the PLI, behind Rollin Tobie , in February 2011 at a disputed party convention, and claimed the presidency after Tobie's death in November 2011. [4] After PLI and allied Sandinista Renovation Movement deputies objected, Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council ordered them removed from the National Assembly and empowered Reyes to select their replacements. [5]
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References
- ↑ Partido Liberal Independiente (PLI) - Nicaragua , Liberal-International.org
- ↑ "Semblazas candidatos a la presidencia de Nicaragua | Patria Grande" . Archived from the original on 2013-12-24 . Retrieved 2012-01-28 .
- ↑ http://www.el19digital.com/app/webroot/tinymce/source/2016/00-AGOSTO/00-Del22al28ago2016/Libro_Blanco_Proceso_Electoral_2016_completo.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
- ↑ "¿Quién es Pedro Reyes?" . 9 June 2016.
- ↑ "Nicaragua electoral authority unseats opposition lawmakers" . Washington Post . 31 July 2016. Archived from the original on 31 July 2016 . Retrieved 31 July 2016 .