New Social Pact

New Social Pact (Spanish: Nuevo Pacto Social; NPS) is a Chilean centre to centre-left political coalition established on 23 August 2021 in order to participate in the presidential and parliamentary elections of that year. This pact is made up of the parties for Democracy (PPD), Radical (PR), Socialist (PS), Christian Democratic (PDC), Citizens (CIU), Liberal (PL) and the platforms New Deal and New Chile.

New Social Pact
Nuevo Pacto Social
LeaderYasna Provoste
Party leadersÁlvaro Elizalde (PS)
Heraldo Muñoz (PPD)
Carlos Maldonado Curti (PR)
Carmen Frei (PDC)
María Ignacia Gómez (CIU)
Patricio Morales (Liberal Party)
Founded23 August 2021 (2021-08-23)
Preceded byConstituent Unity
HeadquartersSantiago de Chile
IdeologySocial democracy
Third Way
Factions:
Progressivism
Social liberalism
Christian democracy
Political positionCentre to centre-left
Member partiesSocialist Party
Party for Democracy
Radical Party
Christian Democratic Party
Citizens
Liberal Party
New Deal
Colours  Purple
Chamber of Deputies
37 / 155
Senate
17 / 43
Regional Governors
10 / 16
Constitutional Convention
25 / 155
Mayors
128 / 345
Election symbol
Website
yasnapresidenta.cl

History

The parties For Democracy, Radical, Socialist, Christian Democrats and Citizens formed together with the Progressive Party (PRO) and in alliance with the Liberal Party and the political platform New Deal the electoral pact called Constituent Unity, an instance that is still in force for the elections regional councilors by 2021. In the case of the parliamentary elections, by not reaching an agreement and after Marco Enríquez-Ominami's decision to stand for the presidential election[1] not having participated in the citizen consultation process carried out that same year in which Yasna Provoste competed (PDC), Paula Narváez (PS) and Carlos Maldonado (PR) to define the sole presidential candidacy of the coalition, relations with the Progressive Party were broken and it was decided to register the list of candidates for Congress under the new name of «New Social Pact».[2]

Citizen consultation of the Constituent Unity
Main article: es:Consulta ciudadana de Unidad Constituyente de 2021

Two days before the registration of candidacies for the presidential, parliamentary and regional councilor elections, Yasna Provoste is chosen as the candidate of the pact. Provoste triumphed in the citizen consultation of the Constituent Unity with 60.8% of the preferences.[3]

Composition
Party President
Socialist Party of Chile Álvaro Elizalde
Party for Democracy Natalia Piergentili
Christian Democratic Party Carmen Frei
Citizens María Ignacia Gómez
Radical Party of Chile Carlos Maldonado
Liberal Party of Chile Patricio Morales

Also members of the coalition are the political movements Nuevo Trato and Nuevo Chile; the latter announced its entry into the coalition on November 8, 2021.[4]

References
  1. "MEO lanza su candidatura presidencial: "La esperanza de un pueblo está amenazada. Vamos todos y todas juntos a lograr el cambio"". 24Horas.cl. 22 August 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. "Unidad Constituyente cambia nombre del pacto e inscribe lista parlamentaria sin el PRO". EMOL. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  3. Escobar, Carlos (21 August 2021). "Yasna Provoste gana la consulta ciudadana y es la candidata presidencial de Unidad Constituyente". Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  4. Navarro, Alejandro (8 November 2021). "PROGRESISTAS DE NUEVO CHILE SE SUMAN A NUEVO PACTO SOCIAL Y ANUNCIAN APOYO A CANDIDATURA DE YASNA PROVOSTE". Retrieved 16 November 2021.
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