National Convergence Front

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National Convergence Front
PresidentJimmy Morales
General SecretaryJavier Alfonso Hernández Franco
FoundedJanuary 7, 2008; 13 years ago (2008-01-07)
IdeologyNationalism[1]
Conservatism[2][3]
Political positionRight-wing[4][5][6]
Colors  Blue
Seats in Congress
8 / 160
Website
www.fcnnacion.com

The National Convergence Front (Spanish: Frente de Convergencia Nacional, FCN–Nación) is a right-wing political party in Guatemala.[7]

History[]

The party was established on 7 January 2008. It was initiated by a group of retired army officers, including veterans of Guatemalan Civil War, affiliated with the Military Veterans Association of Guatemala AVEMILGUA.[8] FCN did not nominate a presidential candidate in the 2011 general elections, but contested the Congressional elections, receiving 0.5% of the vote and failing to win a seat.[9] In March 2013, the party chose the popular comic TV actor Jimmy Morales as its General Secretary.[10]

Morales was the party's presidential candidate in the 2015 elections, which he won after receiving the largest vote share in the first round (24%) and then beating former first lady Sandra Torres in the run-off with 67% of the vote. In the Congressional elections the FCN received the fifth-highest vote share (9%), winning 11 of the 158 seats.[11]

FCN's head of the national list was who is considered to be Jimmy Morales' "right-hand man". He commanded counter-insurgency operations in the Ixil Community in the early 1980s during which several massacres against the Ixil Mayas took place.[12] The violence against the Ixil was acknowledged as a genocide by the Supreme Court of Guatemala, but is denied by Jimmy Morales.[13]

Electoral history[]

Presidential elections[]

Election Party candidate Running mate Votes % Votes % Result
First round Second round
2011 Did not run
2015 Jimmy Morales Jafeth Cabrera 1,152,394 23.99% 2,751,058 67.44% Elected Green tickY
2019 Estuardo Galdámez Betty Marroquín Silva 180,983 4.12% - - Lost Red XN

Congressional elections[]

Election Votes % Seats +/– Position
2011 23,272 0.53%
0 / 158
 Steady Increase 14th
2015 National 403,086 8.84%
11 / 158
 Increase 11 Increase 5th
District 338,060 7.22%
2019 211,453 5.23%
8 / 160
 Decrease 3 Steady 5th

References[]

  1. ^ "Celebrity outsider leads in Guatemalan election, second place open". DPA International. 8 September 2015.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Deborah Bonello; Anna-Cat Brigida (6 September 2015). "Runoff expected in Guatemala race as ex-president waits in a military jail". Los Angeles Times.
  3. ^ "Comedian Jimmy Morales frontrunner in Guatemalan election as former president Otto Perez sits in jail". ABC News. 6 September 2015.
  4. ^ Orlando Perez (8 September 2015). "What happens now in Guatemala?". LatinAmericaGoesGlobal.
  5. ^ "Jimmy Morales, el comediante conservador que podría ser presidente de Guatemala". BBC Mundo. 7 September 2015.
  6. ^ Henry Morales (4 September 2015). "Jimmy Morales, el comediante que quiere ser un presidente serio". Prensa Libre.
  7. ^ Guatemala: ente electoral ordena cancelar el partido del presidente Morales
  8. ^ Steven Dudley (7 September 2015). "Guatemala Votes for Military-backed Candidate". InSightCrime.
  9. ^ Republic of Guatemala: Legislative elections of 11 September 2011 Adam Carr
  10. ^ "Nombran al comediante Jimmy Morales como secretario general de FCN". Emisoras Unidas. 10 March 2013. Archived from the original on 13 March 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  11. ^ Congresistas señalados son reelectos Prensa Libre, 8 September 2015
  12. ^ "La mano derecha de Jimmy: un oficial de operaciones contrainsurgentes". Centro de Medios Independientes (CMI). 4 September 2015.
  13. ^ Louisa Reynolds (10 June 2015). "In Guatemala, anti-establishment presidential candidate benefits from corruption scandals". The Tico Times.

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