Social Christian Reformist Party

The Social Christian Reformist Party (Spanish: Partido Reformista Social Cristiano or PRSC) is a Christian democratic right-wing political party in the Dominican Republic, formed by the union of the Partido Reformista (established in 1963 by Joaquín Balaguer who was, at the time, exiled in New York City) and the Partido Revolucionario Social Cristiano.[2] Some of the PRSC's founders and leaders were originally business leaders and Roman Catholics who opposed the communist, socialist, democratic socialist and social democratic tendencies of Juan Bosch, the PRD and the PLD.[3][4]

Social Christian Reformist Party

Partido Reformista Social Cristiano
AbbreviationPRSC
PresidentQuique Antún
General SecretaryRamón Rogelio Genao
PresidiumRicardo Espaillat
SpokespersonMáximo Castro
FounderJoaquín Balaguer
FoundedJuly 21, 1963 (1963-07-21)
HeadquartersSanto Domingo
IdeologyChristian democracy
Social conservatism
Economic liberalism
Reformism
Political positionCentre-right to right-wing
International affiliationInternational Democrat Union
Centrist Democrat International
Regional affiliationODCA
UPLA
Colours               Red, green and white
SloganNi injusticias, ni privilegios (No injustices, no privileges)
Anthem
"Himno del Partido Reformista Social Cristiano"
"Hymn of Social Christian Reformist Party"
Chamber of Deputies[1]
4 / 190
Senate[1]
5 / 32
Mayors[1]
7 / 155
Central American Parliament[1]
1 / 20
Website
www.prsc.com.do

Founders of the Partido Revolucionario Social Cristiano were anti-Trujillistas, among others: Alfonso Moreno Martinez, Mario Read Vittini, Yuyo D'Alessandro, Caonabo Javier Castillo, all of them returning to the Dominican Republic from political exile. On July 24, 1984, the party merge with the Partido Reformista and became the Partido Refomista Social Cristiano.

In the legislative elections on 16 May 2002, the party won 24.3% of the popular vote, 36 out of 150 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 2 out of 31 seats in the Senate.

For the presidential election of May 2004, the PRSC chose the civil engineer, Eduardo Estrella as its presidential candidate. He finished in a distant third place with only 8.7% of the votes.

The PRSC declined rapidly following Balaguer's death in 2002. He was the presidential candidate of the PRSC and its predecessor party in every election from 1966 to 2000, except 1996, when Jacinto Peynado was the candidate, and Balaguer was President from 1966 to 1978 and from 1986 to 1996. The PRSC often had control of Congress as well. After the mid-2000s the party has been relegated to being a junior partner of the PRD or PLD. In the general elections of 16 May 2006, the party formed an alliance with the Modern Revolutionary Party, the Grand National Alliance and others, that won only 82 out of 183 deputies and 10 out of 32 senators. The Social Christian Reformist Party itself won 23 seats in the chamber of deputies and 4 seats in the senate, taking a distant third place compared to the Dominican Revolutionary Party and the Dominican Liberation Party, which won the election.

For the Presidential Election of May 2008, the PRSC elected the Dominican Municipal League President Amable Aristy Castro as their Candidate: He came in a distant third place with less than 5% of the votes.

For the legislative elections of May 2010, the party had a partial alliance with the Dominican Liberation Party in almost all provinces and won 4 senators (1 alone and 3 within the alliance) and 8 deputies (3 alone and 5 within the alliance).

For the 2012 elections, the PRSC remained in alliance with the PLD, and for the first time did not run its own presidential candidate.

The new stage of the Social Christian Reformist Party has been based on the internal Party Discipline, the democratic induction to adjust its growth based on structural work and expansion of its direct enrollment. They managed to reorganize their management bodies, inserting a large number of young people and women into the management offices that are part of the transcendental decisions of that political party.

They have had strong internal struggles, but they have proven to be an organization that achieves consensus, integration and the unity of the members who follow internal party discipline. It was in alliance with the People's Force party in the 2020 presidential elections.[5]

List of Presidents of the Party
  1. Joaquín Balaguer (1963-2002)
  2. Quique Antún (2005-2009, 2014–Present)
  3. Carlos Morales Troncoso (2009-2014)

Electoral history

Presidential elections
Election Party candidate Votes % Result
1966 Joaquín Balaguer 775,805 57.7% Elected Y
1970 707,136 57.2% Elected Y
1974 942,726 84.7% Elected Y
1978 711,878 43.0% Lost N
1982 706,951 38.6% Lost N
1986 877,378 41.6% Elected Y
1990 678,065 35.35% Elected Y
1994 1,275,460 43.3% Elected Y
1996 Jacinto Peynado Garrigosa 435,504 15.0% Lost N
2000 Joaquín Balaguer 785,926 24.60% Lost N
2004 Eduardo Estrella 312,493 8.7% Lost N
2008 Amable Aristy 187,645 4.59% Lost N
2012 Supported Danilo Medina (PLD) 2,323,150 51.21% Elected Y
2016 Supported Luis Abinader (PRM) 1,613,222 34.98% Lost N
2020 Supported Leonel Fernández (FP) 365,212 8.90% Lost N

Congressional elections
Election Chamber of Deputies Senate
Votes % Seats +/– Position Seats +/– Position
1966 759,889 56.4%
48 / 91
 48 1st
22 / 27
 22 1st
1970 653,565 52.8%
45 / 91
 3 1st
21 / 27
 1 1st
1974 929,112 89.8%

in alliance with MNJ
86 / 91
 26 1st
27 / 27
 6 1st
1978 692,146 42.1%
43 / 91
 32 2nd
11 / 27
 12 2nd
1982 656,904 36.4%
50 / 120
 7 2nd
10 / 27
 1 2nd
1986 877,830 41.6%

in alliance with PQD and PNVC
56 / 120
 6 1st
21 / 30
 11 1st
1990 663,127 34.6%
41 / 120
 15 1st
16 / 30
 5 1st
1994 1,160,405 39.1%

in alliance with PDP
50 / 120
 9 2nd
14 / 30
 2 2nd
1998 351,347 16.8%

in alliance with PQD
17 / 149
 33 3rd
2 / 30
 12 3rd
2002 556,431 24.4%

in alliance with PPC
36 / 150
 19 3rd
2 / 30
 2nd
2006 326,893 10.93%

as part of GNA
22 / 178
 14 3rd
3 / 32
 1 3rd
2010 203,729 6.15%
11 / 183
 11 3rd
4 / 32
 1 3rd
2016 393,125 9.16%
18 / 190
 7 3rd
1 / 32
 3 3rd
2020
6 / 190
 12
6 / 32
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References
  2. "Dominican Republic - Joaquín Balaguer, 1966-78". CountryStudies.
  3. "Elections and Events 1970-1989". Library UCSD. May 16, 2020.
  4. "Dominican Republic (1902-present)". UCA.EDU.
  5. "PRSC en pleitos con su aliado, la Fuerza del Pueblo". Diario Libre NewsPaper. July 5, 2020.
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