People's Force

The People's Force (Spanish: Fuerza del Pueblo, FP) is a political party in the Dominican Republic led by former President Leonel Fernández.

People's Force

Fuerza del Pueblo
PresidentLeonel Fernández
Secretary-GeneralAntonio Florián
FoundedDecember 17, 2019 (2019-12-17)
Split fromDominican Liberation Party
Preceded byDominican Workers' Party
IdeologyDuartianism[1]
Progressivism
International affiliationForo de São Paulo
Colors          Green and white
Chamber of Deputies
7 / 190
Senate
1 / 32
Website
fuerzadelpueblo.do

After fierce results and amid accusations of electoral fraud in the primary elections of October 2019, Leonel Fernández resigned from the presidency and militancy of the Dominican Liberation Party. Later, the already established Dominican Workers' Party welcomed him and agreed to change its name to "People's Force" and have Fernández as their presidential candidate,[2] a change approved by the Central Electoral Board on December 17 of that year.

History

Emergence

Leonel Fernández presented his pre-candidacy for the presidency of the Dominican Republic in early 2018 with the intention of competing within his party in the simultaneous primary elections of October 2019. During this process he made strong attacks on his party partner and current president of the Dominican Republic Danilo Medina urging him to desist from seeking a third consecutive term by re-election and to avoid attempting to modify the constitution, a situation that came to be glimpsed in the national congress but did not materialize given the political and social pressure that existed in that moment.[3] The peak of this process would be reached when Leonel Fernández held a massive protest in front of the national congress, formalizing an important division within the Dominican Liberation Party.[4][5][6]

After President Danilo Medina gave up on choosing a third term and modifying the constitution,[7] he presented himself to the Minister of Public Works and a close collaborator of Danilo Medina as a pre-candidate for the presidency with the backing of the current president, this generated internal friction. Finally, Fernández was defeated with a narrow margin before Gonzalo Castillo, to which he called the electoral contest "fraud" followed by several protests, televised addresses and challenges to the Central Electoral Board without finally presenting evidence or formal complaint of the various theories and accusations he made.[8][9][10]

Ultimately, this would lead Fernández to resign from the presidency of the Dominican Liberation Party and its militancy, where he had been for more than 46 years.[11] Along with him, hundreds of militants and dozens of public officials, including deputies and senators, resigned, although he finally made a call to all the officials of his current who held elective positions and who had obtained a candidacy in the elections of October 2019 that they maintained their positions and did not resign from the party, so that they made opposition from within the same organization.[12][13][14]

Merger and name change

Originally the political movement was called "The People's Force" as the slogan Leonel Fernández used to catalog his followers during the pre-electoral contest. Later, after the acquisition of the minority "Dominican Workers Party", this political organization submitted a request to the Central Electoral Board to change the name to "People's Force" using green colors and symbols alluding to vegetation or flowers. During a public hearing, the entity learned about these changes, receiving various rejections from political parties and individuals, both for the name and for the colors and symbols.[15][16]

On December 17, the JCE approved the name change of the Dominican Workers' Party to People's Force.

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References
  1. "HOY NewsPaper". Why People's Force. November 27, 2019.
  2. "Conocerán el lunes solicitud cambio de nombre del PTD por La Fuerza del Pueblo". www.diariolibre.com (in Spanish). Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  3. "Se encienden rumores de reforma constitucional antes de primarias de octubre". www.diariolibre.com (in Spanish). Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  4. "Grupos populares se suman a la protesta frente al Congreso Nacional". www.diariolibre.com (in Spanish). Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  5. "Lucha interna del PLD llega al Congreso por posible modificación de la Constitución". Hoy Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  6. Diario, Listin (July 16, 2019). "Leonel llama a protesta pacífica frente al Congreso". listindiario.com (in Spanish). Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  7. "Danilo anuncia que no irá por la reelección". www.diariolibre.com (in Spanish). Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  8. EFE, Por. "Leonel Fernández detalla fraude y lo tilda de "crimen bochornoso" - Telemundo 47". www.telemundo47.com (in Spanish). Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  9. Diario, Listin (October 14, 2019). "Leonel: fraude se produjo desde Punta Cana, la Lincoln y una villa en Casa de Campo". listindiario.com (in Spanish). Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  10. Diario, Listin (November 26, 2019). "Leonel dice Gonzalo es un candidato ilegítimo por fraude en las primarias". listindiario.com (in Spanish). Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  11. "Leonel Fernández presenta su formal renuncia del PLD". Hoy Digital (in Spanish). October 20, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  12. "Renuncian 27 diputados del PLD y pasan a apoyar a Leonel Fernández". www.diariolibre.com (in Spanish). Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  13. "Leonel autoriza a seguidores que ganaron primarias a seguir en el PLD ante posible salida". www.diariolibre.com (in Spanish). Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  14. "Leonel insta a seguidores que ganaron en las primarias a permanecer en el PLD". El Nuevo Diario (República Dominicana) (in Spanish). October 16, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  15. "Cambio de nombre al Partido Trabajadores Dominicanos a Fuerza del Pueblo encuentra oposición". www.diariolibre.com (in Spanish). Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  16. Diario, Listin (December 9, 2019). "Este es el nuevo logo del PTD, convertido en Fuerza del Pueblo". listindiario.com (in Spanish). Retrieved December 10, 2019.
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