Humanist Power Party

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Humanist Power Party (Social-Liberal) Partidul Puterii Umaniste (social-liberal)
Abbreviation	PPU
President	Daniel Ionașcu[1]
General Secretary	Liviu Neagu
Founder	Dan Voiculescu
Founded	28 September 2015 (2015-09-28)
Split from	Conservative Party
Headquarters	Piața Presei Libere nr. 1, Sector 1, Bucharest
Ideology	Humanism[citation needed] Social liberalism[citation needed] Protectionism[citation needed]
Political position	Centre-left[citation needed]
European Parliament group	Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats[2][3]
Colors	Blue
Senate	1 / 136
Chamber of Deputies	4 / 330
European Parliament	1 / 33
Mayors	3 / 3,176
County Councilors	0 / 1,340
Local Council Councilors	170 / 39,900
Website
ppusl.ro
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The Humanist Power Party (Social-Liberal) (Romanian: Partidul Puterii Umaniste (social-liberal), PPU-SL) is a centre-left^{[citation needed]} political party in Romania. It was founded in 2015 by members of the Conservative Party (PC) who did not want to merge with the Liberal Reformist Party (PLR), led by Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu.^[4]

History[]

In the summer of 2015, the Conservative Party (PC), led by Daniel Constantin, merged with the Liberal Reformist Party (PLR), creating the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE).^[5] At the same time, PC MEP Maria Grapini opposed this decision, criticizing the disappearance of the party's ideology and announced that she would join a new group, the Party of Humanist Power (PPU).

Controversy[]

In 2018, former Sector 4 mayor, Cristian Popescu Piedone join PPU and reentered politics,^[6] having previously been prosecuted for the Colectiv nightclub fire back in 2015.^[7] He was accounted responsible and in 2019 sentenced to 8 years in prison, but the sentence was not decisive and was attacked by the Bucharest Court of Appeal. With all the legal problems and controversy surrounding Piedone, PPU still endorsed him as candidate in the 2016 Romanian local elections for mayor of Sector 4^[8] as well as in the 2020 Romanian local elections for mayor of Sector 5, winning the latter.^[9]

Electoral history[]

Legislative elections[]

Notes:

¹ The MPs were elected on PSD and ALDE list.^[10]

² The MPs were elected on PSD list.

Local elections[]

National results[]

Mayor of Bucharest[]

Notes:

¹ PSD candidate, Gabriela Firea, was endorsed by PPU

Presidential elections[]

References[]

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