Fatherland for All explained

Country:Venezuela
Fatherland for All
Native Name:Patria para Todos
Leader:Rafael Uzcátegui
Foundation:1997
Split:The Radical Cause
National:Popular Revolutionary Alternative (faction)
Great Patriotic Pole (faction)[1]
Position:Left-wing
Headquarters:Caracas, Venezuela
Seats1 Title:Seats in the Latin American Parliament
Seats2 Title:Seats in the National Assembly
Seats3 Title:Governors of States of Venezuela
Seats4 Title:Mayors

Fatherland for All (Patria Para Todos, PPT) is a leftist political party in Venezuela. It was founded on September 27, 1997 by members of The Radical Cause party led by Pablo Medina, Aristóbulo Istúriz and Alí Rodríguez Araque. In 1998 the PPT supported the first presidential candidacy of Hugo Chávez. It is currently led by Rafael Uzcátegui.

History

In the 2015 legislative elections held on 6 December, Fatherland for All backed the governmental electoral alliance Great Patriotic Pole (GPP). On this occasion, the party did not win any constituency representative out of 167 seats available at the unicameral National Assembly. Thus, it has no deputies of its own for the 2016–2021 term and is bound by law[2] to renew its credentials with the National Electoral Council to keep functioning as a political party. In the previous 2010 legislative elections, Fatherland for All had won 2 out of 165 seats in the National Assembly.

In 2020, a fraction of the party requested the Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ) to intervene the organization. The Constitutional Chamber responded in less than 24 hours to the request, dissolving the board of directors headed by Rafael Uzcátegui and replacing it with one headed by Medina. The PPT was the second intervened party that was part of the Great Patriotic Pole but broke away as a dissidence, the first being the Tupamaro party. It was also the fifth party to be intervened in total, the others being Democratic Action, Justice First and Popular Will.[3] [4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PPT dividido, PCV amedrentado y Tupamaro intervenido tras alianza electoral sin el PSUV. 19 August 2020.
  2. Web site: Archived copy . 2016-01-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160109190201/http://historico.tsj.gob.ve/decisiones/scon/enero/184234-0001-5116-2016-15-0638.HTML . 2016-01-09 . (in Spanish)
  3. Web site: 2023-07-31. 2020-08-22. Ilenia Medina logró arrebatarle el PPT a Rafael Uzcategui tras decisión del TSJ. Crónica Uno.
  4. Web site: 2023-07-31. 2020-10-21. es. TSJ ordena al PPT entregar sedes a la junta ad hoc de Ilenia Medina. Runrunes.
  5. Web site: 2023-07-31. 2023-08-21. Ilenia Medina: PPT es parte del GPP y continúa en el proceso electoral para las parlamentarias. Contrapunto.