Sovereign People
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Sovereign People is a political party
in Curaçao
, the Netherlands Antilles
. Pueblo Soberano has a progressive slant and is headed by controversial leader Helmin Wiels. At the legislative elections in the Netherlands Antilles
of 27 January 2006, the party won no seats. It won a single seat at the island council elections in Curaçao on 2007.
In the 2010 elections Pueblo Sobrerano won 3 seats and is since October,10 2010 part of the governing coalition of President of Curaçao Gerrit Schotte
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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 Curaçao
Curaçao
Curaçao is an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, off the Venezuelan coast. The Country of Curaçao , which includes the main island plus the small, uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao , is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands...
, the Netherlands Antilles
Netherlands Antilles
The Netherlands Antilles , also referred to informally as the Dutch Antilles, was an autonomous Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting of two groups of islands in the Lesser Antilles: Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao , in Leeward Antilles just off the Venezuelan coast; and Sint...
. Pueblo Soberano has a progressive slant and is headed by controversial leader Helmin Wiels. At the legislative elections in the Netherlands Antilles
Elections in the Netherlands Antilles
Elections in the Netherlands Antilles gives information on election and election results of the estates of the former Netherlands Antilles.The Netherlands Antilles had a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often had a chance of gaining power alone, and parties had to...
of 27 January 2006, the party won no seats. It won a single seat at the island council elections in Curaçao on 2007.
In the 2010 elections Pueblo Sobrerano won 3 seats and is since October,10 2010 part of the governing coalition of President of Curaçao Gerrit Schotte
Gerrit Schotte
Gerrit Fransisco Schotte is a politician from Curaçao, and the current leader of the Movementu Futuro Kòrsou . In the Curaçao general election of August 27, 2010, the MFK became the second largest party with 5 seats in the Island Council. MFK formed an island government together with Pueblo...
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