Proyecto Dignidad

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Proyecto Dignidad
PresidentCésar Vázquez Muñiz
FoundedMarch 24, 2019; 2 years ago (2019-03-24)
HeadquartersSan Juan, Puerto Rico
IdeologyChristian democracy[1]
Anti-corruption[2]
Colors  Cyan
Seats in the Senate
1 / 27
Seats in the House of Representatives
1 / 51
Municipalities
0 / 78
Seats in the U.S. House
0 / 1
Election symbol
Project Dignity Symbol.png
Website
www.proyectodignidad.org

Proyecto Dignidad (lit. 'Project Dignity', PD) is a Puerto Rican political party founded in 2019.[3] In the 2020 general election it ran on a Christian democracy[1] and anti-corruption[2] platform.

History[]

Project Dignity was first announced on March 24, 2019. On January 22, 2020, the party was officially certified as the 5th political party running in the 2020 general election. Afterwards in May, , cardiologist; and , attorney at law, were nominated for Governor and Resident Commissioner respectively.[3]

Project Dignity intends to lead the process of defining the Political status of Puerto Rico but does not endorse a specific territorial option.[4] The party advocates for declaring pornography a public health issue and imposing restrictions on abortion permitted within the legal framework of Roe v. Wade.[5] In the 2021 session representative Lissie Burgos of the party attempted to introduce a bill to ban the use of hormone therapy on minors but it was defeated in committee.[6]

2020[]

On November 3, 2020, the party contested its first election. For the campaign, the party did not run candidates for every office. They opted to run for the governorship and resident commissary, as well as 1 candidate at-large for both legislative chambers.[7] They also ran candidates in some representative and senatorial districts. Similarly, they only had a candidate in the mayoral race for San Juan, although they had previously certified as candidate for Guánica, who did not win the race as an independent candidate after a vote recount.[8] While their candidates for Governor and Resident Commissioner came 5th and 4th respectively, they won 1 at-large seat in both the House of Representatives and Senate.

Electoral history[]

Gubernatorial elections[]

Election year PD Candidate Votes Vote % +/- Outcome of election
2020 85,211
6.90 / 100
 Increase 6.90% Lost

Resident Commissioner elections[]

Election year PD Candidate Votes Vote % +/- Outcome of election
2020 94,059
7.84 / 100
 Increase 7.84% Lost

Legislative elections[]

Party leaders[]

, founder of PD, president of the party and candidate for governor in 2020.

Ada Norah Henriquez, candidate for resident commissioner in 2020.

Joanne Rodríguez Veve, Senator for PD since 2021.

, representative for PD since 2021.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Declaración de Principios". Proyecto Dignidad (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  2. ^ a b "Implementar un Gobierno de Integridad, Confiabilidad y Honestidad". Proyecto Dignidad (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  3. ^ a b "Historia". Proyecto Dignidad (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  4. ^ "Plataforma 29: El Estatus de Puerto Rico". Proyecto Dignidad (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Protección de la Dignidad e Integridad de la Vida y el Fortalecimiento de la Familia". Proyecto Dignidad (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Derrotan en comisión el proyecto que prohibía los tratamientos hormonales a menores" [Bill to prohibit hormone therapy on minors defeated in commission]. El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). 2021-06-08. Retrieved 2021-06-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Legisladores por Acumulación". Proyecto Dignidad (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  8. ^ "De la milicia a la batalla por Guánica". Primera Hora. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
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