Movimiento Nueva República Explained

New Republic Movement
Native Name:Movimiento Nueva República
Abbreviation:MNR
Lang1:English
Name Lang1:New Republic Movement
Colorcode:
  1. FF0000
Founder:Rodolfo Aníbal García
Leader1 Title:Secretaria General Provisional
Leader1 Name:Aníbal García
Split:Encuentro por Guatemala
Founded:2009
Dissolved:2015
Position:Left-wing[1]
Seats1 Title:Seats in Congress 2008-2012
Seats1:1
Website:http://www.movimientonuevarepublica.org/
Country:Guatemala

Movimiento Nueva República (MNR) was a socialist Guatemalan political party, led by former congressman Aníbal García.

History

The MNR was publicly founded on March 29, 2009. During the 2011 elections in Guatemala, Movimiento Nueva República participated as a part of the Frente Amplio de Izquierda, a coalition of leftist political parties including Winaq, Alternativa Nueva Nación (ANN), and the Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca (URNG). Along with local and legislative candidates, current MNR congressman Aníbal García ran for vice president alongside Nobel Prize-winning Rigoberta Menchú of Winaq, the presidential candidate.[2]

Ideology

Movimiento Nueva República identifies as a leftist party, with a clear socialist-revolutionary ideals and an inclusive progressive, pluricultural and multiethnic makeup. According to its leaders, the Movement seeks to establish a New Republic to advance the following goals:

The Movimiento also rejects all forms of imperialism and the subjugation of certain nations by others.

2015 election

See main article: 2015 Guatemalan general election. In the legislative elections held on September 6, 2015, the MNR secured 43,127 votes (0.96% of the total) in the race for national-list deputies and, save for defections, will have no representation in the 2016-2020 Congress. In the presidential election held on the same day, its candidate Aníbal García received 28,427 votes (0.58%).

Having failed to secure the minimum of 5% of the popular vote or one seat in Congress, the MNR will forfeit its registration as a party.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: La historia se repite: 28 partidos políticos en el horizonte . 10 March 2015. Soy502. 19 January 2023.
  2. News: Proclaman binomios de Viva-EG y el Frente Amplio . El Periódico . 2011-05-08.