National Victory Explained

Country:Peru
Native Name:Victoria Nacional
National Victory
Abbreviation:VN
President:George Forsyth
Secretary General:John Eliot Fernández de Paredes Silva
Foundation:December 2020
Predecessor:National Restoration
Position:Centre-right
Seats1 Title:Seats in Congress
Seats2 Title:Governorships
Seats3 Title:Regional Councillors
Seats4 Title:Province Mayorships
Seats5 Title:District Mayorships

National Victory (Spanish; Castilian: Victoria Nacional, VN), is a Peruvian political party. Founded in late-2020, the party is the successor of the former National Restoration Party, founded and led by former evangelical pastor Humberto Lay.

History

In mid-2019, Humberto Lay resigned from the leadership of National Restoration, the party underwent a formal reorganization that involved a re-foundation with a name-change. After multiple talks with different political leaders, the party reached an agreement with former footballer George Forsyth in order to reorganize the party.[1]

In October 2020, the party announced its re-foundation under Forsyth's leadership, thus effectively dissolving National Restoration, and establishing National Victory. Subsequently, the party nominated Forsyth for President for the 2021 general election, but was disqualified on 10 February 2021.[2] However, the disqualification was revoked by the National Jury of Elections on 5 March 2021, following to an appeal.[3] On Election Day, Forsyth placed 8th while in the Congressional election, the party failed to win any seats by a margin of 0.04%.

Ideology

In contrast to the evangelical roots of National Restoration, National Victory holds on to a liberal conservative platform, with some support for progressive issues such as LGBT rights, as Forsyth has stated his support for a civil union proposal.[4]

Economically, Forsyth is viewed as a pro-market candidate, although his stances on the Peruvian economy (according to Americas Quarterly) "are less clear".[5]

Election results

Elections to the Congress of the Republic

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Restauración Nacional espera la decisión final de George Forsyth. René. Zubieta Pacco. elcomercio.pe. 7 October 2020 .
  2. Web site: Elecciones 2021: George Forsyth inscribe su precandidatura en Restauración Nacional. Difusión. Andina. andina.pe.
  3. Web site: Gestión. Redacción. 2021-03-05. Rafael López Aliaga y George Forsyth siguen en carrera electoral tras decisión del JNE. 2021-02-25. Peru21. es.
  4. Web site: George Forsyth: "Estamos cambiando la ideología de Restauración Nacional". Diego. Chirinos. cosas.pe. 19 October 2020 .
  5. Web site: This Soccer Star Could Be Peru's Next President. Brendan. O'Boyle. americasquarterly.org.