Partido de la Gente | |
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Leader: | Edgardo Novick |
Ideology: | Conservatism Economic liberalism |
National: | Coalición Multicolor |
Country: | Uruguay |
Position: | Centre-right to right-wing |
Seats1 Title: | Chamber of Senators |
Seats2 Title: | Chamber of Deputies |
Seats3 Title: | Intendencias |
Seats4 Title: | Mayors |
Partido de la Gente (Spanish for "Party of the Folk" or "Party of the People") is a Uruguayan political party.
Founded in 2016, its main leader is Edgardo Novick.[1]
Three members of the party have been elected to the legislature: the Senator Daniel Bianchi and the Representative Guillermo Facello, both former Colorados; and the Representative Daniel Peña, a former Blanco. However, in early 2019 Bianchi was expelled from the party after driving under the influence of alcohol.[2]
Gente is a Spanish-language word for "people" or "populace". There is also another synonym, pueblo. Locally, the word pueblo may have a left-leaning or revolutionary connotation, as used by other political groups such as Partido por el Gobierno del Pueblo and Partido por la Victoria del Pueblo. As such, the name of the party used a more neutral term without the connotation, while still maintaining a similar translation as the "Party of the Folk", or "Party of the Plain Folks", as well as "Party of the People".