New Social Pact

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New Social Pact
Nuevo Pacto Social
LeaderYasna Provoste
Party leadersÁlvaro Elizalde (PS)
Heraldo Muñoz (PPD)
Carlos Maldonado Curti (PR)
Carmen Frei (PDC)
(CIU)
Patricio Morales (PL)
Founded23 August 2021 (2021-08-23)
DissolvedDecember 2021 (2021-12)
Preceded byConstituent Unity
Succeeded by Democratic Socialism
HeadquartersSantiago de Chile
IdeologySocial democracy
Third Way
Factions:
Progressivism
Social liberalism
Christian democracy
Political positionCentre to centre-left
Member partiesSocialist Party
Party for Democracy
Radical Party
Christian Democratic Party
Citizens
Liberal Party
New Deal
Colours  Purple
Chamber of Deputies
37 / 155
Senate
17 / 43
Regional Governors
10 / 16
Constitutional Convention
25 / 155
Mayors
128 / 345
Election symbol
Nuevo Pacto Social corto.png
Website
yasnapresidenta.cl

New Social Pact (Spanish: Nuevo Pacto Social; NPS) was a Chilean centre to centre-left political coalition established on 23 August 2021 in order to participate in the presidential and parliamentary elections of that year. This pact is made up of the parties for Democracy (PPD), Radical (PR), Socialist (PS), Christian Democratic (PDC), Citizens (CIU), Liberal (PL) and the platforms New Deal and New Chile.

After the 2021 election the PDC left the coalition due to conflicting views on joining Gabriel Boric's government, after which the coalition disbanded and most parties went on to form the Democratic Socialism alliance.[1][2]

History[]

The parties For Democracy, Radical, Socialist, Christian Democrats and Citizens formed together with the Progressive Party (PRO) and in alliance with the Liberal Party and the political platform New Deal the electoral pact called Constituent Unity, an instance that is still in force for the elections regional councilors by 2021. In the case of the parliamentary elections, by not reaching an agreement and after Marco Enríquez-Ominami's decision to stand for the presidential election[3] not having participated in the citizen consultation process carried out that same year in which Yasna Provoste competed (PDC), Paula Narváez (PS) and Carlos Maldonado (PR) to define the sole presidential candidacy of the coalition, relations with the Progressive Party were broken and it was decided to register the list of candidates for Congress under the new name of «New Social Pact».[4]

Citizen consultation of the Constituent Unity[]

Main article: es:Consulta ciudadana de Unidad Constituyente de 2021

Two days before the registration of candidacies for the presidential, parliamentary and regional councilor elections, Yasna Provoste is chosen as the candidate of the pact. Provoste triumphed in the citizen consultation of the Constituent Unity with 60.8% of the preferences.[5]

Dissolution[]

The New Social Pact de facto ceased to exist when the PDC was not summoned at the end of 2021 to the parliamentary coordination of the PS-PPD-PR-PL-NT,[6][7] a group that since December 2021 has been called "Democratic Socialism" and which was called to be part of the future government of President Gabriel Boric.[8] On the other hand, the Citizens party lost its registration in the Electoral Service.[9]

On 21 January 2022, the head of the committee of senators of the Christian Democratic Party, Francisco Huenchumilla, in a public statement signaled the end of the historical cycle of his party's alliance with the Socialists.[10]

On 25 January 2022, the former minister, former senator and former president of the PDC, Ignacio Walker, argued that the PS-DC axis no longer exists and that as a party they must assume themselves as a minority that will do politics from the opposition.[11]

Composition[]

Party President
Emblem of the Socialist Party of Chile.svg Socialist Party of Chile Álvaro Elizalde
Partido por la Democracia emblema.png Party for Democracy Natalia Piergentili
Logo of the Christian Democrat Party of Chile.png Christian Democratic Party Carmen Frei
Ciudadanos 2018.svg Citizens María Ignacia Gómez
Emblema Partido Radical Chile.svg Radical Party of Chile Carlos Maldonado
Logo nuevo Partido Liberal de Chile.png Liberal Party of Chile Patricio Morales

Also members of the coalition are the New Deal and New Chile political movements; the latter announced its entry into the coalition on 8 November 2021.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ La Tercera (21 January 2022). ""Socialismo democrático" prepara cónclave para "reeditar" su proyecto y trazar colaboración ante gobierno de Boric". Archived from the original on 2022-01-21. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  2. ^ CNN Chile (22 December 2021). "Vicepresidenta de la DC: "Si debemos revisar a la relación con el gobierno de Gabriel Boric, lo vamos a revisar"". Archived from the original on 2021-12-22. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  3. ^ "MEO lanza su candidatura presidencial: "La esperanza de un pueblo está amenazada. Vamos todos y todas juntos a lograr el cambio"". 24Horas.cl. 22 August 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Unidad Constituyente cambia nombre del pacto e inscribe lista parlamentaria sin el PRO". EMOL. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  5. ^ Escobar, Carlos (21 August 2021). "Yasna Provoste gana la consulta ciudadana y es la candidata presidencial de Unidad Constituyente". Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  6. ^ La Tercera (21 January 2022). ""Socialismo democrático" prepara cónclave para "reeditar" su proyecto y trazar colaboración ante gobierno de Boric". Archived from the original on 2022-01-21. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  7. ^ CNN Chile (22 December 2021). "Vicepresidenta de la DC: "Si debemos revisar a la relación con el gobierno de Gabriel Boric, lo vamos a revisar"". Archived from the original on 2021-12-22. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  8. ^ Emol (21 January 2022). "Gabinete de Gabriel Boric partido a partido: Dominio de independientes, 3 PS y 3 del PC". Archived from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  9. ^ Pauta.cl (23 November 2021). "Los 12 partidos políticos que no pasaron noviembre". Archived from the original on 14 December 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Huenchumilla apunta a "nuevo ciclo en Chile" por gabinete de Boric: "Una nueva generación se hace cargo de la conducción del Estado" | Infogate". 2022-01-21. Archived from the original on 2022-01-21. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
  11. ^ Sarita Saavedra (25 January 2022). "Ex presidente de la falange, Ignacio Walker: "Ese eje PS-DC ya no existe, es un hecho"". emol.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  12. ^ Navarro, Alejandro (8 November 2021). "PROGRESISTAS DE NUEVO CHILE SE SUMAN A NUEVO PACTO SOCIAL Y ANUNCIAN APOYO A CANDIDATURA DE YASNA PROVOSTE". Retrieved 16 November 2021.
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