Democratic Revolution (Spanish: Revolución Democrática) was a Chilean centre-left to left-wing political party, founded in 2012 by some of the leaders of the 2011 Chilean student protests, most notably the current Deputy Giorgio Jackson, who is also the most popular public figure of the party. Their principles are based on advocating for participative democracy and the overcoming of neoliberalism in Chile.
Democratic Revolution Revolución Democrática | |
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| President | Juan Ignacio Latorre |
| Secretary-General | Sebastián Depolo |
| Founded | 7 January 2012 |
| Registered | 22 June 2016 |
| Dissolved | 1 July 2024 |
| Merged into | Broad Front |
| Headquarters | Avenida Francisco Bilbao 299, Providencia, Santiago, Chile |
| Ideology | Participatory democracy Democratic socialism[1] Social democracy[2] Anti-capitalism[3] |
| Political position | Centre-left[4][5][1] to left-wing[1] |
| National affiliation | Broad Front Apruebo Dignidad |
| Website | |
| www.revoluciondemocratica.cl | |
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History
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The movement was founded on January 7, 2012,[6] adding up to more than 4000 supporters in the first week.
They presented three candidates for the 2013 Chilean parliamentary election, winning one seat in the Chamber of Deputies, the former student leader Giorgio Jackson. They did not support any of the presidential candidates, although the majority of the movement decided to request the vote for Michelle Bachelet in the second round of the election.[7] The same year, the movement elected their first Executive Committee, led by Miguel Crispi and Sebastián Depolo.
In mid-2015, the members of the movement decided to start the process to become a party. After collecting signatures all over the country, they were accepted as an official party in 2016.[8] Being an official party, they presented candidates for the Municipal election of 2016, most notably candidates for mayor in Antofagasta, La Serena, Taltal, among other towns, electing 9 members of Municipal Councils.
Since 2018, the party has 7 deputies in the Chilean parliament and a senator.
In June 2023 prosecutors began an investigation on various party members and a non-governmental organization linked to the party to clarify whether there has been influence peddling, conflict of interest, embezzlement and misuse of funds in the Democracia Viva case.[9][10] Democratic Revolution deputy Catalina Pérez, who have been implicated in the case, declared to put her membership in the party "on-hold".[11]
Presidential candidates
editThe following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by Democratic Revolution.
- 2017: Beatriz Sánchez (lost)
- 2021: Gabriel Boric (won)
References
edit- ^ a b c "Economic and political outline Chile". Santandertrade.com. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
- ^ Líbero, El (19 February 2021). "Kenneth Bunker: "RD está prácticamente varado y sin el capitán Jackson en el timón, es un barco a la deriva"". El Líbero.
- ^ Definiciones Ideológicas Octubre de 2015, P.10
- ^ "Carta de Pablo Vidal a militantes de Revolución Democrática tras su renuncia | Ex-Ante". Ex-Ante. December 3, 2020.
- ^ "Antecedente Histórico-Ideológico, su Ubicación y Adhesión por parte de los partidos Políticos Chilenos" (docx) (in Spanish). 2017-02-27. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
- ^ "Revolución Democrática: el movimiento de Jackson y compañía que mira a las elecciones". Pulso (in Spanish). 6 January 2012. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ^ "La discusión tras el llamado a votar por Michelle Bachelet que definió Revolución Democrática". El Dínamo (in Spanish). 20 November 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ^ "«Acoge solicitud de inscripción del partido "Revolución Democrática", en formación, en el Registro de Partidos Políticos en las regiones II, IV, XI y RM y rechaza la inscripción en la región III" (PDF). Servicio Electoral de Chile (in Spanish). 22 June 2016. Archived from the original on 28 June 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Vera, Diego (2023-06-23). "Caso Democracia Viva: PDI allana seremi de Antofagasta y sede en Ñuñoa de la fundación". Radio Bío-Bío (in Spanish).
- ^ Ex-Ante (2023-06-23). "PDI llega a departamento en Ñuñoa donde se constituyó Democracia Viva, la fundación que enredó a RD y a La Moneda". Teletrece. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
- ^ Latorre, Rocío (2023-06-23). "Catalina Pérez a la directiva RD por caso Democracia Viva: "Vendrán otros momentos igual o más duros para los que deberemos estar más y mejor preparados"". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-06-25.
External links
edit- Democratic Revolution (in Spanish)