Popular Will
| Popular Will Voluntad Popular | |
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| Leader | Leopoldo López |
| Founded | 5 December 2009 |
| Headquarters | Venezuela |
| Ideology | Centrism[1] |
| Political position | Centre |
| National affiliation | Coalition for Democratic Unity |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colours | Orange |
| Seats in the National Assembly |
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Popular Will (Spanish: Voluntad Popular, VP) is a centrist political party in Venezuela.
History
On December 5, 2009, Leopoldo López along other politics from Un Nuevo Tiempo, Primero Justicia and Acción Democrática.,[2][3] made the official presentation of the Popular Will Movement (Movimiento Voluntad Popular) on a forum in Valencia, Carabobo. López states that this movement has its origins on the creation of Popular Networks (Redes Populares) on the year 2004 as a way to promote social action and leadership on the communities. López also stated that: "Popular Will was born from the conviction that all Venezuelan are equal on rights. (...) Let it not be the color the one who decides who gets access to public service, health and education".
The National Electoral Council, on February 1, 2010, denied the provisional denomination of Movimiento Voluntad Popular, by supposed similitude of its name with the Movimiento Base Popular, a regional political party from Apure. This frustrated their intentions to present themselves on the 2010 Venezuelan parliamentary election with their own card, although they did present candidates, resulting three of them elected as deputies, two of them as principals with the support of the Coalition for Democratic Unity.[4]
On January 14, 2011, the National Electoral Council certified and notified the acceptance of Voluntad Popular as a formal political party. Just days later, on January 17, Leopoldo López announced that Voluntad Popular came to be a political party from its roots as social organization. López also stated that, for the first time in Venezuelan political history, the recently conformed political party would begin an open electoral process to select its political platform.[5] David Smolansky Urosa juvenil dirigent won the municipal elections 2013 for mayor of El Hatillo district, Estado Miranda.
See also
References
- ↑ Romero, Simon; Díaz, María Eugenia (21 October 2011), "A Bolívar Ready to Fight Against the Bolivarian State", The New York Times
- ↑ Manifiesto de Voluntad Popular (Spanish, visited September 21, 2010)
- ↑ Dirigentes opositores lanzan movimiento Voluntad Popular en Carabobo (Spanish, visited December 05, 2009)
- ↑ Negado en el CNE conformación del Movimiento Voluntad Popular dirigido por Leopoldo López (Spanish, visited February 11, 2010)
- ↑ Leopoldo López anunció que Voluntad Popular es ahora un partido político (Spanish, visited January 18, 2011)
External links
- http://www.voluntadpopular.com (Spanish)
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