País

The party País was a leftist political party in Chile founded by Alejandro Navarro, a Senator formerly a member of the MAS Region party, supporting his candidacy for President in 2017.[1]

País
LeaderAlejandro Navarro
PresidentJonatan Diaz Herrera
Founded2016
Dissolved2017
IdeologySocialism
Political positionLeft-wing[1]
Chamber of Deputies
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Senate
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Website
www.partidopais.cl

Pais Party was presented in Santiago on September 3, 2016; on the 10th of the same month it was founded in the city of Concepción.[2]

One of its founders was Chilean senator Alejandro Navarro.[3]

Among the party's proposals was the elimination of the Chilean pensions system sistema de AFP as well as to achieve free education at all levels.[4]

On the 22nd of May 2017 the party delivered 8,500 signatures of new members from 6 different regions to the Central Electoral Board Servicio Electoral in order to legalise the party on those areas; at the same time, it was announced that Alejandro Navarro would run in the presidential race.[5]

Because of some issues with one of the regions, the party was finally legalised in 5 zones: Región de Tarapacá, Antofagasta, Maule, Biobío and Araucanía.[6]

After their first General Assembly on the 6th of August 2017, Alejandro Navarro´s presidential candidacy was confirmed and legalised and the candidates for Parliament and Local Governments were announced.[7] The new leadership of the party was also ratified.[8]

Presidential candidates

The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by the País Party. (Information gathered from the Archive of Chilean Elections).

  • 2017: Alejandro Navarro (lost)

References
  1. "Alejandro Navarro anuncia candidatura: "Tomé la decisión de ir a la presidencial"".
  2. Chile, CNN. "Alejandro Navarro crea nuevo partido político".
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-08-14. Retrieved 2017-08-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-09-06. Retrieved 2017-08-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Partido País: Navarro inscribe nuevo movimiento político y oficializa candidatura presidencial".
  6. "Wayback Machine". 6 August 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-08-06.
  7. "Partido País anuncia candidatos al Parlamento y a los Gobiernos Regionales".
  8. "País define candidatos a diputado y core en Ñuble". Archived from the original on 2017-08-14. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
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