Movimiento por la Dignidad y la Independencia
Movimiento por la Dignidad y la Independencia , ( Spanish for movement for honor and independence ), also known by the abbreviation Modin , was an Argentine party that was active nationwide and belongs to the extreme right-wing political spectrum . It was founded in 1990 by several ex-military officers under the leadership of Aldo Rico , their most prominent politician to date. In 2010 it went on in the new right-wing party Partido del Campo Popular .
The party took part regularly in nationwide elections, but was only able to achieve successes in winning one seat in 1991 in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies. At the local level, on the other hand, the greatest success was the acquisition of the mayor's post in the Partido San Miguel , a unit with around 300,000 inhabitants, between 1997 and 2003.
There are numerous controversies surrounding the party, in particular Rico and other ex-military officials are accused of playing down the crimes of the military dictatorship (1976–1983), in which numerous opponents of the regime were killed.
In the province of Buenos Aires , Modín has been integrating a right-wing regional party under the name Partido Unidad Federalista together with the former Partido Unidad Bonaerense since 2000 .
Party profile
Even if the ideology represented by the party cannot be compared with European right-wing extremism - it avows itself e.g. B. unreservedly on the Argentine constitution and democracy - as a collective movement of various nationalist and right-wing conservative currents, it was the most extreme nationally significant political expression of the Argentine right. Parties that are further to the right, such as a few politically active neo-Nazi organizations, are only of local importance.
The party tried to distinguish itself primarily as a fighter against crime . A tough law-and-order policy was called for with a clear increase in the penalties for criminals, and some members also called for the reintroduction of the death penalty . Gun possession should be made easier in order to give the population the opportunity to defend themselves. The immigration should be adapted to the "national interests".
The concept of the fatherland played a major role in the party program . The party called for values associated with the Argentine nation to be strengthened on a "Hispanic-American" basis. An externally strong Argentina was also called for and the "reconquest" of disputed areas such as the Falkland Islands , South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands as well as the effective integration of the Argentine Antarctic territory into national territory was called for. The control of the border areas and the upgrading of the military, combined with a promotion of the arms industry, are still important . Cultural globalization was rejected. Regional integration with other states in Latin America under the leadership of the Río de la Plata states is advocated . In economic policy too, globalization, which is seen as the "export of capital" to "multinational" institutions, is rejected, and a stronger role for the state is still demanded.
The party also emphasized conservative Christian values. For example, abortion was strictly rejected.
Well-known politicians
The party's best-known politician was Aldo Rico , a former colonel in the Argentine armed forces, who became known in the so-called Carapintada incident in 1987 when he holed himself armed in a barracks and demanded an amnesty for the criminals of the process of national reorganization . Rico was later elected mayor (Intendente) of the Partidos San Miguel in the province of Buenos Aires and is thus the only party member who held an important public office. He was also security minister in the Carlos Ruckaufs government in the province of Buenos Aires in 1999 , but he resigned prematurely after four months due to numerous scandals.
Furthermore, it was also Guillermo Cherashny , a controversial journalist of the tabloid press, a well-known exponent of the party. He made a name for himself in 2007 when he mixed typical “right” and “left” elements on the Modín's list of his candidacy for the mayor of Buenos Aires . On the one hand, he called for the death penalty for a large number of crimes, on the other hand, the legalization of all drugs and same-sex marriage , his election slogan was Sexo, porro y rockanroll (translated as: sex , joints and rock and roll ). Cherashny was not successful with the candidacy, but ensured with his views for an unusually large media presence of the Modin. His candidacy caused a dispute within the leadership of the Modin, of which only a part had supported him, the wing against Cherashny also presented itself unsuccessfully in the election, under the name Consenso Porteño .
credentials
- ↑ Announcement ( Memento of the original from December 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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. des Modin, June 20, 2011
- ↑ The statements on the party program are based on the two sub- pages of the official party presence , Pensamiento y Doctrina (I) ( Memento of the original from October 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) 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. and Pensamiento y Doctrina (II) ( Memento of the original from October 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ↑ a b Article in the newspaper Página / 12
Web links
- Official website of the party
- Interview with Rico with statements on party politics ( Memento from April 8, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (former party website , Spanish)