Izquierda Cristiana de Chile

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Partido Izquierda Cristiana de Chile ( IC ) is a left-wing party in Chile , which arose on October 24, 1971 from a split from the Christian Democratic Party of Chile and was part of the government coalition of Salvador Allende from 1971–1973 . It was the party in this coalition that identified most with liberation theology . Nowadays the party (alongside PCCh) is part of the party alliance Juntos Podemos Más .

The party's emblem

history

After the majority of the MPs and senators of the Christian Democratic Party increasingly distanced themselves from the Marxist policies of the Salvador Allende government, the left fringe of the party decided to separate from it, to found its own party and join the government.

On July 31, 1971, Bosco Parra declared that he no longer saw any future for the left-wing Christian positions within the Christian Democratic Party. He was supported by six other members of parliament (Fernando Buzeta, Jaime Concha, Alberto Jaramillo, Luis Maira, Pedro Urra and Pedro Videla), as well as by Luis Badilla , secretary of the Christian Democratic youth organization. One of the founders was Rafael Agustín Gumucio (President of the Christian Democratic Party from 1967 to 1969). They decided to found their own party and saw themselves as the political arm of liberation theology . Some MAPU members also joined the new organization , including three senators: Julio Silva Solar (1967 General Secretary of the Christian Democratic Party), Alberto Jerez and above all Jacques Chonchol (1964 President of the Christian Democratic Party, then responsible for land reform under Eduardo Frei Montalva ), who were dissatisfied with MAPU's adherence to Marxism-Leninism ( Movimiento de Acción Popular Unitaria - abbreviated MAPU - was founded in 1969 by left-wing members of the Christian Democratic Party).

The newly founded Izquierda Cristiana belonged to the Unidad Popular . It proclaimed to be a party of the Christian and humanist tradition and to be for the construction of socialism . In the Unidad Popular the party tended towards the more radical wing (like the left majority of the then Socialist Party and the MAPU).

After the 1973 military coup , the party was banned. After returning to democracy, the party tried to reorganize, but the main politicians joined the Socialist Party in 1989 .

present

The Izquierda Cristiana still exists today and has been reintroduced in the party register after it was deleted from the register in 1989 because it did not get enough votes in the election. It works closely with the Communist Party and the Humanist Party within the party alliance Juntos Podemos Más . At the party congress in 2006, the Izquierda Cristiana laid down its ideological foundations and committed itself to liberation theology and to building a socialist and anti-capitalist society.

Web links

• Party website (Spanish)