Mesa de la Unidad Democrática

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Mesa de la Unidad Democrática ( MUD or Unidad for short ; translated as "table [in the sense of committee or round table ] of democratic unity") is a Venezuelan electoral alliance . It was founded in 2008 out of opposition to the then President Hugo Chávez .

Leading figures of the MUD celebrate a two-thirds majority in parliament, in parliamentary elections in December 2015 (including Lilian Tintori , Freddy Guevara, Jesús Torrealba and Julio Borges )

Members

Its members include both social democratic and more left-wing parties such as the Acción Democrática , Alianza Bravo Pueblo , La Causa Radical , Un Nuevo Tiempo , Avanzada Progresista , Movimiento Progresista de Venezuela and Voluntad Popular , as well as Christian Democratic or liberal parties of the more right-wing spectrum such as COPEI , Vente Venezuela , Proyecto Venezuela and Primero Justicia . Overall, MUD is described in media reports as a “bourgeois” or center-right alliance. 3 out of 4 Venezuelan parties that belong to the Socialist International (as of August 4th) belong to the party alliance MUD, Acción Democrática, Un Nuevo Tiempo and Voluntad Popular. The 4th Venezuelan party MAS ( Movimiento al Socialismo (Venezuela) ) is a former member of the MUD.

Composition in detail:

Political party German Party leader Political orientation Parliamentary seats 2016-2021 (MUD seats 109)
Primero Justicia PJ Justice first Henrique Capriles Radonski liberal 33
Acción Democrática AD Democratic action Henry Ramos Allup social democratic 25th
Un Nuevo Tiempo UNT A new era Omar Barboza social democratic 18th
Voluntad Popular VP Popular will Leopoldo López center 14th
La Causa Radical LCR The radical thing Andrés Velásquez Left 4th
Movimiento Progresista de Venezuela MPV Venezuelan Progressive Movement Simón Calzadilla Middle left 4th
Proyecto Venezuela PRVZL Venezuela project Henrique Salas Feo conservative 2
Cuentas Claras CC Clear bills Vicencio Scarano Middle right 2
Avanzada Progresista AP Progressive progress Henri Falcon Middle left 2
Vente Venezuela VV Venezuela come Maria Corina Machado liberal 1
Allianza Bravo Pueblo ABP Alliance of the Brave People Antonio Ledezma social democratic 1
Gentle Emergent GE Rising people [in the sense of development] José Aparicio social democratic 1
Convergencia Nacional CN National convergence Juan José Caldera Christian Democratic
COPEI COPEI Christian Social Party Roberto Enríque Christian Democratic
Movimiento por una Venezuela Responsable, Sostenible y Emprendedora MOVERSE Movement for a responsible, sustainable and entrepreneurial Venezuela Alexis Romero green
Movimiento Ecológico de Venezuela MOVEV Venezuela's ecological movement Manuel Díaz green

Management structure

On February 17, 2017, the MUD decided to replace the post of Secretary General with an Operational Political Committee . This committee consists of representatives of the nine largest parties in the alliance: Primero Justicia , Acción Democrática , Un Nuevo Tiempo , Voluntad Popular , Alianza Bravo Pueblo , Avanzada Progresista , Movimiento Progresista de Venezuela , La Causa Radical and Vente Venezuela . From 2014 to the beginning of 2017, the general secretary of the MUD was Jesús Torrealba , a former communist.

Election participation and results

In the 2010 parliamentary elections , the alliance won 47.2% of the vote (just behind the 48.3% of the ruling PSUV ), but due to the electoral system and the design of the constituencies, only 64 of the 165 seats in the unicameral parliament.

Henrique Capriles (Primero Justicia) was a candidate for the electoral alliance in the presidential elections in 2012 and 2013 , but was defeated by Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro, respectively. In 2013 the defeat turned out to be extremely narrow (50.8 to 49%), the MUD accused of election fraud and did not recognize the result.

In the general election in 2015 , the Alliance according to preliminary results won 109 seats - this was considered a landslide victory.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Candidatos unitarios ya tienen acuerdo de país para campaña. In: El Universal. January 24, 2008. Retrieved May 27, 2017 (Spanish).
  2. ^ Opposition Plans Return to Venezuelan Congress. In: IPS. April 27, 2010, accessed May 27, 2017 .
  3. ^ Landslide victory for bourgeois opposition in Venezuela. In: Die Welt (Online), December 7, 2015.
  4. ↑ Historic election victory of the conservative opposition in Venezuela.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.afp.com   AFP, December 7, 2015.
  5. ↑ Venezuela before parting with socialism. In: Tages-Anzeiger (online), December 7, 2015.
  6. ↑ MEMBER PARTIES of the SOCIALIST INTERNATIONAL. Socialist International, accessed August 4, 2017 .
  7. ↑ MAS se separa de la MUD y va a las elecciones municipales con su propia tarjeta. Socialist International, August 5, 2013, accessed August 4, 2017 (Spanish).
  8. ↑ Divulgación Elecciones Parlamentarias - CNE , December 8, 2015.
  9. ↑ Integración de la Asamblea Nacional por partido político. ( Memento of the original from July 31, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eluniversal.com archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: El Universal (Online), December 10, 2015.
  10. ↑ MUD se reestructura y "Chuo" Torrealba ya no será su Secretario General. (No longer available online.) In: El Tiempo: El periodico del pueblo oriental en internet. February 17, 2017, archived from the original on July 31, 2017 ; Retrieved May 29, 2017 (Spanish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / eltiempo.com.ve
  11. ↑ Sandra Weiss: Portrait of Ex-Communist Jesús Torrealba - The Stripper. In: General-Anzeiger (Online), December 8, 2015.
  12. ↑ Divulgación Elecciones Parlamentarias - CNE , December 8, 2015.
  13. ↑ Landslide victory of the opposition in Venezuela - turning point after 16 years , ORF.at, December 7, 2015.