The Asturian Forum abbreviated to FAC, is a centre-right

Centre-right

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 political party

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 in the autonomous community

Autonomous communities of Spain

An autonomous community In other languages of Spain:*Catalan/Valencian .*Galician .*Basque . The second article of the constitution recognizes the rights of "nationalities and regions" to self-government and declares the "indissoluble unity of the Spanish nation".Political power in Spain is...

 of Asturias

Asturias

The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages...

, Spain

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. It was founded in January 2011 by former Deputy Prime Minister

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 Francisco Álvarez Cascos

Francisco Álvarez Cascos

Francisco Álvarez Cascos is a Spanish civil engineer and politician. He is the current President of the Principality of AsturiasIn 1976, he joined Reforma Democrática and Alianza Popular, two right-wing parties...

, who left the People's Party

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 after failing to be selected as the party's candidate for President of Asturias in the 2011 election

Elections to the General Council of the Principality of Asturias, 2011

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In the election, Álvarez Cascos led the party under the name "Citizens' Forum" . FAC won sixteen seats, making it the largest party on the General Council. Together with the People's Party, FAC's gains gave the centre-right a majority in Asturias for the first time. The party has spoken to all three other parties to create a more consensual political climate.

At the November 2011 Spanish election, the party won one of Asturias's six seats in the Congress of Deputies.