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Democrat Social Movement
Movimiento Demócrata Social
PresidentRuben Costas Aguilera
FoundedDecember 15, 2013; 10 years ago (2013-12-15)
Preceded byPopular Consensus
HeadquartersCochabamba
IdeologyLiberalism[1]
Conservative liberalism
Social market economy
Regionalism[2]
Federalism
Deliberative democracy
Political positionCentre-right[3]
International affiliationInternational Democrat Union
Regional affiliationUnion of Latin American Parties
Colours      Green, white, yellow
Chamber of Deputies
4 / 130
Senate
1 / 36
Website
democratas.bo

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]

Party member and Opposition Senator Jeanine Áñez declared herself president of Bolivia in November 2019. This move was widely seen as controversial; because MAS[8] senators were not in attendance, the vote for interim president took place without a quorum.[9] MAS party members cited threats to their lives and the lives of their families as their reason for not attending.[10]

References

  1. ^ Käss, Susanne (March 2014). "Bolivien im verfrühten Wahlkampf: Siegessicherer Evo Morales, gespaltene Opposition". KAS-Länderbericht Bolivien: 2.
  2. ^ Lansford, Tom (ed.). Political Handbook of the World 2014. p. 156.
  3. ^ "Los temores de Evo". Correo del Sur. 22 November 2018.
  4. ^ "TSE inscribe al Movimiento Demócratas". Los Tiempos. 28 August 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03.
  5. ^ Candori, Iván (2013-03-29). "Costas da forma a un nuevo partido". La Razón. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  6. ^ "Lanzan Movimiento Demócrata Social". Los Tiempos. Cochabamba, Bolivia. 2013-04-25. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  7. ^ "TSE inscribe al Movimiento Demócratas". Los Tiempos. Cochabamba, Bolivia. 2013-08-28. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  8. ^ "Movement for Socialism (Bolivia)", Wikipedia, 2019-11-13, retrieved 2019-11-13
  9. ^ Paz, Jo Tuckman Dan Collyns in La (2019-11-13). "Bolivia: Jeanine Añez claims presidency after ousting of Evo Morales". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  10. ^ "Jeanine Añez Appoints Herself President of Bolivia: No Quorum". www.telesurenglish.net. Retrieved 2019-11-13.


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