Popular Will
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Popular Will is a centrist political party
in Venezuela
.
along other politics from Un Nuevo Tiempo
, Primero Justicia
and Acción Democrática
., made the official presentation of the Popular Will Movement (Movimiento Voluntad Popular) on a forum in Valencia, Carabobo
. López states that this movement has its origins on the creation of Popular Networks
(Redes Populares) on the year 2004 as a way to promote social action and leadership on the communities. López also stated that: "Popular Will was born from the conviction that all Venezuelan are equal on rights. (...) Let it not be the color the one who decides who gets access to public service, health and education".
The National Electoral Council
, on February 1st, 2010, denied the provisional denomination of Movimiento Voluntad Popular, by supposed similitude of its name with the Movimiento Base Popular, a regional political party from Apure
. This frustrated their intentions to present themselves on the 2010 Venezuelan parliamentary election
with their own card, although they did present candidates, resulting three of them elected as deputies, two of them as principals with the support of the Coalition for Democratic Unity
.
On January 14th, 2011, the National Electoral Council
certified and notified the acceptance of Voluntad Popular as a formal political party. Just days later, on January 17th, Leopoldo López announced that Voluntad Popular came to be a political party from its roots as social organization. López also stated that, for the first time in Venezuelan political history, the recently conformed political party would begin an open electoral process to select its political platform.
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 Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
.
History
On December 5th, 2009, Leopoldo LópezLeopoldo López
Leopoldo López Mendoza is a Venezuelan politician and economist. From 2000 until 2008, López was the mayor of the Chacao Municipality of Caracas. A 2006 Los Angeles Times article describes López as an immensely popular leader of the opposition to Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, as well as a...
along other politics from Un Nuevo Tiempo
A New Era
A New Era is a centrist political party of Venezuela arising from the Third Way tradition. It is the largest party in Venezuela's fractured opposition, earning 11% of the vote in the 2008 gubernatorial elections...
, Primero Justicia
Justice First
Justice First Movement is a centrist political party in Venezuela.-History:Primero Justicia was created in 1992 as a Civil Association by a group of university students who were concerned about what they saw as a deterioration of judicial power in the country and joined their efforts to...
and Acción Democrática
Democratic Action
Democratic Action is a centrist Venezuelan political party established in 1941. The party and its antecedents played an important role in the early years of Venezuelan democracy, and led the government during Venezuela's first democratic period...
., made the official presentation of the Popular Will Movement (Movimiento Voluntad Popular) on a forum in Valencia, Carabobo
Carabobo
Carabobo State is one of the 23 states of Venezuela, located in the north of the country, about two hours by car from Caracas. The capital city of this state is Valencia, which is also the country's main industrial center. The state's area is 4,650 km² and had an estimated population of...
. López states that this movement has its origins on the creation of Popular Networks
Social network
A social network is a social structure made up of individuals called "nodes", which are tied by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as friendship, kinship, common interest, financial exchange, dislike, sexual relationships, or relationships of beliefs, knowledge or prestige.Social...
(Redes Populares) on the year 2004 as a way to promote social action and leadership on the communities. López also stated that: "Popular Will was born from the conviction that all Venezuelan are equal on rights. (...) Let it not be the color the one who decides who gets access to public service, health and education".
The National Electoral Council
National Electoral Council (Venezuela)
The National Electoral Council is one of the five independent branches of government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. It is the institution that oversees and guarantees the transparency of all elections and referendums in Venezuela at the local, regional, and national levels...
, on February 1st, 2010, denied the provisional denomination of Movimiento Voluntad Popular, by supposed similitude of its name with the Movimiento Base Popular, a regional political party from Apure
Apure
Apure State is one of the 23 states into which Venezuela is divided. Its territory formed part of the provinces of Mérida, Maracaibo, and Barinas, in accordance with successive territorial ordinations pronounced by the colonial authorities. In 1824 the Department of Apure was created, under...
. This frustrated their intentions to present themselves on the 2010 Venezuelan parliamentary election
Venezuelan parliamentary election, 2010
The 2010 parliamentary election in Venezuela took place on 26 September 2010 to elect the 165 deputies to the National Assembly. Venezuelan opposition parties, which had boycotted the previous election, thus allowing the governing United Socialist Party of Venezuela to gain a two-thirds...
with their own card, although they did present candidates, resulting three of them elected as deputies, two of them as principals with the support of the Coalition for Democratic Unity
Mesa de la Unidad Democrática
The Mesa de la Unidad Democrática is an electoral coalition of Venezuelan political parties formed in January 2008 to unify the opposition to President Hugo Chávez' United Socialist Party of Venezuela in the Venezuelan parliamentary election, 2010...
.
On January 14th, 2011, the National Electoral Council
National Electoral Council (Venezuela)
The National Electoral Council is one of the five independent branches of government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. It is the institution that oversees and guarantees the transparency of all elections and referendums in Venezuela at the local, regional, and national levels...
certified and notified the acceptance of Voluntad Popular as a formal political party. Just days later, on January 17th, Leopoldo López announced that Voluntad Popular came to be a political party from its roots as social organization. López also stated that, for the first time in Venezuelan political history, the recently conformed political party would begin an open electoral process to select its political platform.