Partido Social de Unidad Nacional

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Partido Social de Unidad Nacional
Partido de la U
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Party leader Aurelio Iragorri Valencia
Secretary General Álvaro Echeverry Londoño
Deputy Chairman Anderson Mendivelso Mejía
founding August 31, 2005
Place of foundation Bogotá
Headquarters Calle 72 # 7-55, Bogotá ColombiaColombiaColombia 
newspaper El Tiempo
Alignment Social Democracy
Liberalism Left Liberalism
Colours) orange
Parliament seats 14th
Website www.partidodelau.com

The Partido Social de Unidad Nacional (German: Social Party of National Unity ), Partido de la U for short , is a political party in Colombia . It was founded on August 31, 2005 by Álvaro Uribe to unite and secure the parliamentary supporters of his presidency. The party has been the strongest force in the Senate since the parliamentary elections in 2006, and in the House of Representatives since some congressmen left the Cambio Radical party in 2009. Since 2010, Juan Manuel Santos Uribe's successor as president and as the top man of the Partido de la U.

history

From 1858 a two-party system prevailed in Colombia, in which the Partido Conservador Colombiano and the Partido Liberal Colombiano took turns in power. For the 2002 presidential election , Álvaro Uribe, a former member of the Liberal Party, ran as an independent candidate under the banner of Primero Colombia ("Colombia first"), under which the entire center-right camp united. He won in the first ballot against the official candidate of the Liberals. He initially received parliamentary support from the Conservatives. Uribe's policy was marked by crackdown on guerrilla organizations and drug trafficking.

Just in time for the 2006 parliamentary elections, supporters of Uribe, including dissidents from the Liberal Party, founded the Partido Social de Unidad Nacional. This should also enable a parliamentary representation of "Uribismo", as the ideology and the style of government Uribe is called. The short name Partido de la U, in which the “U” can of course also stand for Uribe, reflects the party's strong focus on the person of the president. In the election to the House of Representatives, the new party won 16.7% of the vote and with 28 of the 162 seats was the second strongest force behind the Liberals. At the same time, the party's Senate candidates received 17.5% of the vote and were able to take 20 of the 102 seats. Uribe himself could only run for re-election as president because of a very controversial constitutional amendment. He was re-elected with 62.35% . That was the best result for a presidential candidate in 80 years.

The Partido de la U and President Uribe were heavily involved in the so-called Parapolítica scandal that developed from 2006 onwards. This revealed the close ties between politicians and right-wing paramilitary groups, who are charged with the most serious crimes against the civilian population. Nonetheless, Uribe continued to enjoy great popularity, the value of which probably peaked in a survey in June 2008 with 91% approval.

First, before the 2010 elections , Álvaro Uribe sought a referendum on a new constitutional amendment that would have allowed him a third term. This was also approved in Congress, but this time the Constitutional Court stopped the project. Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos was then established as his successor. The Partido de la U emerged stronger from the congressional elections. In the Senate elections, the presidential party received 25.8% of the vote and 28 of the 102 seats. In the House of Representatives election she received 25.9% and 47 of the 146 seats. The Partido de la U is now the strongest force in both chambers of parliament. Santos won the presidential elections in May and June with 46.68% in the first and 69.13% in the second ballot against the Green Antanas Mockus .

In the parliamentary elections in Colombia in 2014 , the party won 21 senatorial seats in the Senate and 37 seats in the House of Representatives .

In the 2018 parliamentary elections in Colombia on March 11, 2018, the party won 14 senatorial seats in the Senate and 25 seats in the House of Representatives.

Political position

As an independent, Uribe positioned himself between the two formerly dominant parties, the liberals and the conservatives. However, the party is focused on a clear left-left course with a focus on homeland security and support for lower taxes. The Partido de la U also uses social populist elements to solicit support and stands for employment and economic upswing. The party is in clear opposition to the left-wing populist and left-wing national movements and governments in neighboring Latin American countries. Your relationship with Venezuela under Nicolás Maduro , Bolivia under Evo Morales and Ecuador under Rafael Correa is strained. At the same time, under the presidencies of Uribe and Santos, Colombia is considered the United States' closest ally in South America.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Juan Manuel Santos: Ási nació el Partido de la U partudodelau.com, accessed on April 5, 2018 (Spanish)
  2. ↑ El historial criminal del Partido de la U elespectador.com, accessed on April 5, 2018 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Official website of Primero Colombia primerocolombia.com, accessed April 5, 2018 (Spanish)
  4. ↑ Book: Colombia at the Crossroads: A Country Between War and Peace by Werner Hörtner , accessed on April 5, 2018
  5. ^ President Uribe creates re-election tagesspiegel.de, May 29, 2006
  6. ↑ Guía práctica para entender el escándalo de la 'para-política' semana.com, from October 4, 2007 (Spanish)
  7. ↑ Santos clear winner in the presidential election Der Standard , May 31, 2010
  8. ↑ a b ElHeraldo: Uribismo y Cambio Radical dan el golpe

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Coordinates: 4 ° 39 '19.16 "  N , 74 ° 3' 22.46"  W.