Social Democratic Movement
Democrat Social Movement Movimiento Demócrata Social | |
---|---|
File:Movimiento Democrata Social.jpg | |
President | Ruben Costas Aguilera |
Founded | December 15, 2013 |
Preceded by | Popular Consensus |
Headquarters | Cochabamba |
Ideology | Liberalism[1] Conservative liberalism Social market economy Regionalism[2] Federalism Deliberative democracy |
Political position | Centre-right[3] |
International affiliation | International Democrat Union |
Regional affiliation | Union of Latin American Parties |
Colours | Green, white, yellow |
Chamber of Deputies | 4 / 130 |
Senate | 1 / 36 |
Website | |
democratas | |
The Democrat Social Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Demócrata Social; MDS),[4] often shortened to just the Democrats, is a Bolivian political party founded in 2013 by politicians associated with the centre-right of the country's political spectrum and the movement for greater autonomy for the eastern departments of the Media Luna.
History
Ruben Costas, governor of Santa Cruz department, announced the party's formation in March 2013.[5] Twenty leaders gathered to launch the party in April 2013, including Costas, Beni governor Carmelo Lens and his predecessor Ernesto Suarez, Senator Bernard Gutierrez (PPB-Cochabamba), and Cochabamba council member Ninoska Lazarte. The launch was hosted by Savina Cuéllar, the former prefect of Chuquisaca Department, who as of April 2013, was under house arrest facing charges for the May 24, 2008, violence in Sucre.[6]
After a failed petition to legally merge the registration of Costas' Truth and Social Democracy (VERDES) party, Renewing Freedom and Democracy (Libertad y Democracia Renovadora; Líder), and Popular Consensus in June, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal authorized Popular Consensus to rename itself the Social Democratic Movement in August 2013.[7]
References
- ^ Käss, Susanne (March 2014). "Bolivien im verfrühten Wahlkampf: Siegessicherer Evo Morales, gespaltene Opposition". KAS-Länderbericht Bolivien: 2.
- ^ Lansford, Tom (ed.). Political Handbook of the World 2014. p. 156.
- ^ "Los temores de Evo". Correo del Sur. 22 November 2018.
- ^ "TSE inscribe al Movimiento Demócratas". Los Tiempos. 28 August 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03.
- ^ Candori, Iván (2013-03-29). "Costas da forma a un nuevo partido". La Razón. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
- ^ "Lanzan Movimiento Demócrata Social". Los Tiempos. Cochabamba, Bolivia. 2013-04-25. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
- ^ "TSE inscribe al Movimiento Demócratas". Los Tiempos. Cochabamba, Bolivia. 2013-08-28. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-24.