Renewed Democratic Liberty

Renewed Democratic Liberty
Libertad Democrática Renovada
Secretary-General Manuel Baldizón
Founded 25 November 2010
Split from National Unity of Hope
Headquarters 13 calle 2-52 zona 1, Guatemala City
Youth wing Joven LIDER
Ideology Humanism
Political position Centre-right
Congress
38 / 158
Website
www.baldizon.com
Politics of Guatemala
Political parties
Elections

Renewed Democratic Liberty (Spanish: Libertad Democrática Renovada, Spanish acronym: LIDER, alternative translations: Democratic Freedom Revival,[1] Renewed Democratic Liberation[2]) is a political party in Guatemala.[2]

It was founded as a parliamentary group by defectors from the then governing National Unity of Hope party of President Álvaro Colom in 2008.[2] It was officially registered as a political party in 2010. At the end of the 2007-2011 legislature, the Independent Renewed Democratic Liberty parliamentary bloc included 25 out of the 158 deputies in the Congress of the Republic,[3] where it formed a parliamentary alliance with the conservative Grand National Alliance (GANA). The party's secretary-general and candidate for the 2011 presidential election is Manuel Baldizón.

2011 election

In the September 11, 2011 Legislative Election, LIDER won 8.9% of the vote and 14 seats in Congress. Presidential Candidate Manuel Baldizón placed second in the Presidential Race with 23.2% of the votes (1,038,287 votes), eventually losing in the November 6 run-off to conservative Otto Pérez Molina of the Patriotic Party (PP). Baldizón got 1,981,003 votes or 46.26% of the votes.

References

  1. ↑ Otto Perez Molina, Manuel Baldizon & Eduardo Suger Head for Runoff in Guatemala, Fox News Latino, 12 Sep 2011, retrieved 13 Sep 2011
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Rosenberg, Mica; McDonald, Mike (12 Sep 2011), Retired general leads Guatemala vote, faces run-off, Reuters, retrieved 13 Sep 2011
  3. ↑ Bloques Legislativos, Congreso de la Republica de Guatemala, congreso.gob.gt (in Spanish). Retrieved on 13 Sep 2011.

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