Right Romania Alliance Explained

Right Romania Alliance
Native Name:Alianţa România Dreaptă
Colorcode:
  1. 318CE7
Leader:Vasile Blaga
Aurelian Pavelescu
Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu
Leader1 Title:Vice Leader
Leader1 Name:Mihail Neamțu
Secretary General:Gheorghe Flutur
Slogan:Sus inima!
Founded:16 September 2012
Dissolved:10 December 2012
Ideology:Conservatism,
Economic liberalism
Reformism
Position:Centre-right
Affiliation1:Democratic Liberal Party (PDL),
Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNȚCD),
Civic Force (FC)
Affiliation1 Title:Constituent parties
European:European People's Party (EPP)
International:Christian Democratic International (CDI)
Country:Romania

The Right Romania Alliance (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Alianţa România Dreaptă, ARD, also translating to "Just Romania Alliance") was a Romanian electoral alliance formed between the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL), the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNȚCD), the Civic Force (FC) and supported by the Centre-right Civic Initiative founded by former independent Prime Minister Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu and other NGOs. After a very short period of existence, lasting a little over three months, the alliance was legally dissolved on the background of the disastrous results in the legislative elections, as it was not a political, but only an electoral alliance.

History

Background

In July 2012, former independent Prime Minister Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu formed the Centre-right Civic Initiative (ICCD). He said that he support a political alliance for the parliamentary election of 2012. Representatives of the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL), in opposition, began negotiations with the ICCD, the New Republic Party (PNR), Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNŢCD), and the Christian Democratic Foundation (DCF). PDL leader Vasile Blaga announced that the negotiations were successful.

On 30 August 2012, representatives of PDL, ICCD, PNŢCD, PNR, and FCD launched The Manifest of the United Right, that created the alliance. On 5 September 2012, the PNŢCD chairman, Aurelian Pavelescu announced that leaders determined that pole will be named Right Romania Alliance (ARD) and the logo will be a heart. On 7 September 2012, the National Convention of Civic Force (FC) elected Ungureanu as party leader. FC shortly joined the alliance, thereby replacing the ICCD (which was an NGO).

Short-lived existence

PNR has had problems registering as a political party and the FCD was not admitted into the alliance. Thus, on 15 September, representatives of PDL, PNŢCD, and FC have signed a protocol establishing the alliance, and a day later, the ARD has been registered at the Central Electoral Commission.

At the legislative election of 9 December 2012, ARD won 16.52% of votes to the Chamber of Deputies, 13.64% of votes to the Senate and 80 seats in the Parliament, which came to PDL (74 seats), FC (4 seats), PNȚCD (1 seat), and PNR (1 seat). On 10 December 2012, ARD was dissolved.[1]

Electoral history

Legislative elections

ElectionChamberSenatePositionAftermath
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
20121,223,18916.521,239,31816.711
(2014)
(2014–2015)

Notes:

1 Right Romania Alliance members: PDL (22 senators and 52 deputies), FC (1 senator and 3 deputies), and PNȚCD (1 senator and 1 deputy).

External links

References

  1. Web site: First victim of the 2012 local elections - Right Romania alliance dissolves. Romania Insider.