Communist Party of National Liberation
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Communist Party of National Liberation (in Galician
: Partido Comunista de Liberación Nacional) was a separatist political party
in Galicia, Spain
. PCLN was founded on July 25, 1986 by the 22 March Communist Collective (Colectivo Comunista 22 de marzo). The collective had been launched earlier by 13 Central Committee members of the Galician People's Union
(UPG) left UPG in protest of the decision of the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG, the coalition led by UPG) to participate in the Galician parliament. Front figures of the collective was Mariano Abalo, general secretary of UPG, and Xan Carballo, general secretary of INTG.
The 3rd National Assembly of BNG, held in Carballiño (Ourense
) in 1987, expelled PCLN on the grounds that the party had supported Herri Batasuna in elections to the European Parliament
.
In 1987 PCLN, Galiza Ceibe-OLN, Nationalist Collective of Trasancos, Nationalist Collective of Vigo, Galician Independentist Groups from Santiago de Compostela
, the Iskreiro collective from A Coruña
and non-organized individuals launched the Galician Popular Front (FPG). Within FPG, PCLN aimed to keep independence of the member organizations within the front. Galiza Ceive-OLN wanted to dissolve the member organizations, and make FPG a unitary organization. The line of PCLN became the leading one within FPG.
PCLN registered itself with the Interior Ministry on February 13, 1988.
Soon divisions surged within FPG. PCLN had certain reservations towards supporting the armed struggle of EGPGC, which Galiza Ceibe-OLN did. An extraordinary National Assembly of FPG was convened. Galiza Ceibe-OLN broke away from FPG and formed the Assembly of the United People (APU).
In the early 1990s PCLN dissolved itself into FPG, as FPG became a unitary political party
.
Galician language
Galician is a language of the Western Ibero-Romance branch, spoken in Galicia, an autonomous community located in northwestern Spain, where it is co-official with Castilian Spanish, as well as in border zones of the neighbouring territories of Asturias and Castile and León.Modern Galician and...
: Partido Comunista de Liberación Nacional) was a separatist political party
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in Galicia, Spain
Spain
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. PCLN was founded on July 25, 1986 by the 22 March Communist Collective (Colectivo Comunista 22 de marzo). The collective had been launched earlier by 13 Central Committee members of the Galician People's Union
Galician People's Union
The Galician People's Union is a Galician nationalist and communist political party, and is one of the registered political parties of Spain.It was founded in 1964 with the intention of the independence of Galicia and its transformation into a socialist state. It caused the creation of nationalist...
(UPG) left UPG in protest of the decision of the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG, the coalition led by UPG) to participate in the Galician parliament. Front figures of the collective was Mariano Abalo, general secretary of UPG, and Xan Carballo, general secretary of INTG.
The 3rd National Assembly of BNG, held in Carballiño (Ourense
Ourense
Ourense is a city in northwestern Spain, the capital of the province of the same name in Galicia. Its population of 108,674 accounts for 30% of the population of the province and makes it the third largest city of Galicia.-Population:...
) in 1987, expelled PCLN on the grounds that the party had supported Herri Batasuna in elections to the European Parliament
European Parliament
The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
.
In 1987 PCLN, Galiza Ceibe-OLN, Nationalist Collective of Trasancos, Nationalist Collective of Vigo, Galician Independentist Groups from Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain.The city's Cathedral is the destination today, as it has been throughout history, of the important 9th century medieval pilgrimage route, the Way of St. James...
, the Iskreiro collective from A Coruña
A Coruña
A Coruña or La Coruña is a city and municipality of Galicia, Spain. It is the second-largest city in the autonomous community and seventeenth overall in the country...
and non-organized individuals launched the Galician Popular Front (FPG). Within FPG, PCLN aimed to keep independence of the member organizations within the front. Galiza Ceive-OLN wanted to dissolve the member organizations, and make FPG a unitary organization. The line of PCLN became the leading one within FPG.
PCLN registered itself with the Interior Ministry on February 13, 1988.
Soon divisions surged within FPG. PCLN had certain reservations towards supporting the armed struggle of EGPGC, which Galiza Ceibe-OLN did. An extraordinary National Assembly of FPG was convened. Galiza Ceibe-OLN broke away from FPG and formed the Assembly of the United People (APU).
In the early 1990s PCLN dissolved itself into FPG, as FPG became a unitary political party
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
.