Partido Liberal Colombiano
| Partido Liberal Colombiano Liberal Party of Colombia |
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| Party leader | César Gaviria |
| founding | July 16, 1848 |
| Place of foundation | Bogotá |
| Headquarters | Avenida Caracas, 36-01, Bogotá Colombia
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| Alignment | Center-left , political center , liberalism |
| Colours) | red |
| Parliament seats | 14th |
| International connections | Socialist International |
| Website | www.partidoliberal.org.co |
The Colombian Liberal Party (abbr. PLC , Colombian Liberal Party ) is a center-left - Party and one of the oldest parties in Colombia . Together with the Partido Conservador Colombiano , the PLC largely determined the fate of the country from 1900 to 2002 and was also one of the two most important political forces in Colombia. She is a member of the Socialist International .
history
The party was founded on July 16, 1848, when the journalist and ideologue Ezequiel Rojas proposed the first program of the "Liberal Party" called party, and this should be implemented by General José Hilario López if the presidential election was won. Since then, the party has had the characteristics of a liberal, anti-clerical and progressive political organization, which has been divided into two wings from the very beginning: one wing favors free trade, the other focuses on the protection of craftsmen.
After the period known as La Violencia , the Liberals and Conservative Parties reached an agreement for power on the National Front from 1958 to 1974, following the fall of General Gustavo Rojas Pinillas . Today there are many critics of the sixteen-year agreement, but it is fair to say that it almost entirely eliminated the intensity of the violent political warfare.
In 2002, the Liberal Party was the largest party in the Colombian Congress , with 54 out of 166 MPs and 28 out of 102 senators. In the 2006 Colombian general election , the party won 38 out of 166 MPs and 18 out of 102 senators. With the election of Colombia's independent president , Álvaro Uribe Vélez , the party reached its biggest crisis to date.
The party's crisis has many other reasons besides the election of Uribe as president and his subsequent re-election, but the apparent division under his leadership has severely diminished support for what has been the country's main party to date. During the presidential election on May 28, 2006, the official liberal candidate Horacio Serpa Uribe won 11.84% of the vote, earning him third place. During the general election on March 14, 2010, the Liberal Party received 18 senators and 35 MPs.
In the parliamentary elections in Colombia in 2014 , the party won 17 senatorial seats in the Senate of Colombia and 39 seats in the House of Representatives of Colombia .
In the parliamentary elections in Colombia in 2018 on March 11, 2018, the party won 14 senatorial seats in the Senate of Colombia and 35 seats in the House of Representatives of Colombia .
Web links
- Official Website (Spanish)
- Democracia a distancia: Elecciones 2006 (Portalcol.com)