| National Union of Ethical Citizens Unión Nacional de Ciudadanos Éticos |
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| Leader | Lino Oviedo |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Headquarters | Asunción |
| Ideology | Conservatism, Paraguayan nationalism |
| Chamber seats |
16 / 80
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| Senate seats |
9 / 45
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| Website | |
| www.unace.org.py | |
| Politics of Paraguay Political parties Elections |
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The National Union of Ethical Citizens (Spanish: Unión Nacional de Ciudadanos Éticos, UNACE) is a political party in Paraguay.
The party was established in 2002, although its predecessor, the Unión Nacional de Colorados Éticos, was founded in 1996 as a faction within the ruling Colorado party. It first contested national elections in 2003,[1] when it won 10 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and seven in the Senate, becoming the joint-third largest party. Its candidate in the presidential election, Guillermo Sánchez, finished fourth with 13.9% of the vote.
In January 2008, Lino Oviedo, who was released from prison in September 2007, was nominated unopposed as the party's presidential candidate for the April elections.[2] In the elections the party won 16 seats in the Chamber and nine i the Senate, whilst Oviedo finished third with 22.8% of the vote.
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