Civic Renewal Party

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The Civic Renewal Party (Partido Renovación Civilista, PRC) was a Panamanian right liberal political party.

The Civic Renewal Party was founded on 13 August 1992[1] by a group of professionals who had played key roles in the that opposed General Manuel Antonio Noriega's military dictatorship during 1987–1989.

The (Cruzada Civilista Nacional, CCN), a broad-based opposition movement composed of more than 100 groups, including members of the Roman Catholic Church, civil and professional organizations, and trade unions.[2]

In 1994, it backed the recently resigned Comptroller General as part of the coalition and in 1999, it supported banker and former Arnulfista Party member Alberto Vallarino Clement, as a part of the .[3]

Although the party elected three legislators to the unicameral Legislative Assembly in 1994,[4] in the 1999 election it failed to garner enough votes to survive and, pursuant to , was dissolved thereafter.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Electoral Tribunal Archived 19 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ The Europa world year book. 1994, Vol. 2. Europa Publ., 1994. Pp. 2324.
  3. ^ Elections in the Americas : a data handbook / ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 1. [Oxford] [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. Pp. 534.
  4. ^ Elections in the Americas : a data handbook / ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 1. [Oxford] [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. Pp. 530.
  5. ^ Electoral Tribunal Archived 19 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine


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