People, Equality and Democracy explained

Native Name:	Pueblo, Igualdad y Democracia
President:	Arturo Moreno Encalada
Founder:	Arturo Moreno Encalada
Foundation:	2017
Ideology:	Big tent
Country:	Ecuador
Colors:	Red, Yellow and Green
Position:	Centre to centre-left
National:	ADN

People, Equality and Democracy, formerly United Ecuadorian, is an Ecuadorian political movement that emerged in 2017 and registered in 2022. Its founder is Arturo Moreno Encalada, cousin of former President Lenín Moreno.^[1]

History

As United Ecuatorian

The movement was born around the year 2015 under the name United Ecuadorian Movement by Lenin Moreno's brother, Edwin Moreno.^[2] In the 2019 Ecuadorian local elections, they obtained the prefecture of Zamora Chinchipe in alliance with the Juntos Podemos movement, Unidad Popular, Democracia Sí and the Ecuadorian Socialist Party with Cléver Jiménez as a candidate.^[3]

In the 2021 Ecuadorian presidential election, its candidate was Pastor Gerson Almeida, whose candidacy called himself "pro-life".^[4] Almeida's candidacy received criticism from progressives for his opposition to abortion^[5] and homosexuality.^[6]

In November 2021, the National Electoral Council canceled the registry of United Ecuadorian due to not getting the minimum of votes to keep its registry in two consecutive elections.^[7] Later in 2022, People, Equality and Democracy was admitted in the electoral registry, keeping the same number of list than United Ecuadorian, the 4.^[1]

As PID

For the 2023 Ecuadorian presidential election, PID is one of two parties which forms the National Democratic Action alliance that supports the candidacy of Daniel Noboa Azin for President of Ecuador.^{[8] [9]} Arturo Moreno Encalada himself, the founder of the party, gained a bench for the National Assembly at the same general election.^[10]

Election results

Presidential election

Year! colspan="2"

Candidate	First round		Second round		1st roundposition	2nd roundposition
President	Vice president	Votes	%	Votes			%
2021	Gerson Almeida	Martha Cecilia Villafuerte	160.571	1.73	Eliminated		8th	Eliminated
2023	Daniel Noboa Azin	Verónica Abad Rojas	2,315,296	23.41	5,251,695	51.83	2nd	1st

Legislative elections

Year	Leader	National List			Provincial List			Foreign List
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
2021	Rocío Juca	166,888	2.08	0	193,840	2.38	2	1 407	1.75	0
2023	Valentina Centeno	1,219,254	14.56	2	884,747	10.31	11			1

Sectional elections

See also

• List of political parties in Ecuador

References

1. News: Celi . Estefania . PID: movimiento de un primo de Lenin Moreno debutará en las seccionales . 25 August 2023 . Primicias . 28 May 2022 . Spanish.
2. Web site: Seis hermanos y seis agrupaciones políticas en el escenario electoral . 2021-05-23 . Primicias . es-MX.
3. Web site: 2019-04-07 . Cléver Jiménez quiere darle un cambio a Zamora . 2021-05-23 . El Telégrafo . es-es.
4. Web site: 2020-08-22 . El pastor Gerson Almeida y Martha Villafuerte integran el binomio 'Provida' del movimiento Ecuatoriano Unido . 2021-05-23 . El Comercio . es-EC.
5. Web site: 2020-10-08 . Ecuatoriano Unido es una organización definida como provida ¿por qué? . 2021-05-23 . GK . es.
6. Web site: 2020-12-24 . Gerson Almeida: 'la persona homosexual debe arrepentirse' . 2021-05-23 . Radio La Calle . es.
7. News: Consejo Electoral resolvió la extinción definitiva de cinco organizaciones políticas nacionales . 25 August 2023 . El Universo . Spanish.
8. Web site: 2023-05-29 . Movimiento Mover respaldará la candidatura de Daniel Noboa a la Presidencia de la República . 2023-08-21 . El Universo . es.
9. Web site: Redacción . 2023-05-24 . Elecciones Ecuador 2023: Daniel Noboa Azín buscará por primera vez la Presidencia de Ecuador, que su padre Álvaro Noboa no logró en cinco intentos . 2023-08-21 . www.ecuavisa.com . es-EC.
10. News: Celi . Estefania . Correísmo y Construye tendrán las bancadas mas grandes de la asamblea . 25 August 2023 . Primicias . 24 August 2023 . Spanish.