| Project Dignity | |
| Native Name: | Proyecto Dignidad |
| President: | César Augusto Vázquez Muñiz |
| General Secretary: | Ellyam Verónica Martínez González |
| Spokesperson: | Joanne Rodríguez Veve |
| Headquarters: | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Website: | www.proyectodignidad.org |
| Country: | Puerto Rico |
| Colors: | Cyan |
| Seats1 Title: | Seats in the Senate |
| Seats2 Title: | Seats in the House of Representatives |
| Seats3 Title: | Municipalities |
| Seats4 Title: | Seats in the U.S. House |
Proyecto Dignidad (PD) is a Puerto Rican political party founded in 2019.[1] In the 2020 general election it ran on a Christian democratic[2] and anti-corruption[3] platform.
Project Dignity was first announced on March 24, 2019. On January 22, 2020, the party was officially certified as the 5th political party running in the 2020 general election. Afterwards in May, César Vázquez Muñiz, cardiologist; and Ada Norah Henriquez, attorney at law, were nominated for Governor and Resident Commissioner respectively.
On November 3, 2020, the party contested its first election. For the campaign, the party did not run candidates for every office. They opted to run for the governorship and resident commissary, as well as 1 candidate at-large for both legislative chambers.[4] They also ran candidates in some representative and senatorial districts. Similarly, they only had a candidate in the mayoral race for San Juan, although they had previously certified Edgardo Cruz Vélez as candidate for Guánica, who did not win the race as an independent candidate after a vote recount.[5] While their candidates for Governor and Resident Commissioner came 5th and 4th respectively, they won 1 at-large seat in both the House of Representatives and Senate.
Project Dignity intends to lead the process of defining the political status of Puerto Rico but does not endorse a specific territorial option.[6]
The party advocates for declaring pornography a public health issue and imposing restrictions on abortion permitted within the legal framework of Roe v. Wade.[7] After Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022 by the Supreme Court, the party presented a bill that would limit access to abortions to those pregnant for less than about six weeks.
In the 2021 session, representative Lissie Burgos of the party attempted to introduce a bill to ban the use of hormone therapy on minors but it was defeated in committee.[8] Additionally, the party also brought in House Bill 764 for review that would restrict athletes to participate in sports teams of their birth assigned gender.[9]
The party's candidate for mayor of San Juan in 2020, Nelson Rosario Rodríguez, ran on a self-described social market economy model, seeking to facilitate market activity while allowing for regulation in cases of negative external effects and to promote his policy agenda San Juan Somos su gente.[10]
Both their Resident commissioner candidate Viviana Ramírez Morales[11] and gubernatorial candidates in 2024 Javier Jiménez have endorsed Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election.[12]
| Election year | PD Candidate | Votes | Vote % | +/- | Outcome of election | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | César Vázquez Muñiz | 85,211 | 6.90% | Lost | ||
| 2024 | Javier Jiménez Pérez |
| Election year | PD Candidate | Votes | Vote % | +/- | Outcome of election | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Ada Norah Henriquez | 94,059 | 7.84% | Lost | ||
| 2024 | Viviana Ramírez Morales |