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Podemos
LeaderRoberto Arzú
Secretary-GeneralJosé Raul Virgil Arias
Founded3 August 2002 (MR)
12 June 2019 (Podemos)
Registered6 April 1995 (as PLG)
Dissolved8 January 2024[1]
Split fromUnionist Party (Podemos)
IdeologyConservatism[2]
Right-wing populism[2]
Political positionCentre-right[3] to right-wing[2][4]
Seats in Congress
0 / 160

Podemos (lit. We Can) previously: Movimiento Reformador ( lit. Reform Movement) was a conservative political party in Guatemala. It was led by Roberto Arzú.[5]

2003 election

At the 2003 general election held on 9 November 2003, the party was part of the Grand National Alliance. In the legislative election, the Alliance won 24.3% of the vote, and 47 out of 158 seats in Congress. The presidential candidate of the alliance, Óscar Berger Perdomo, won 34.3% at the presidential elections of the same day. He won 54.1% in the second round and was elected president.

Party leader Jorge Briz, who had run unsuccessfully for mayor of Guatemala City, was rewarded with the position of Foreign Minister in Berger's cabinet, a post he held until resigning in August 2006. Shortly after his resignation from the cabinet, the Reform Movement officially broke with the GANA alliance.[6]

2007 election

The Reform Movement declined to participate in the 2007 general election.[7]

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election Candidates First round Second round Status
President Vice President Votes % Votes %
2003[a] Óscar Berger Eduardo Stein 921,316 34.33 1,235,303 54.13 Won
2007 None None — — — — Did not participate
2011 None None — — — — Did not participate
2015 None None — — — — Did not participate
2019 Roberto Arzú [b] José Antonio Farias 267,049 6.10 — — Lost
2023 Roberto Arzú David Pineda — — — — Disqualified
  1. ^ Run in coalition with PP and PSN.
  2. ^ In alliance with National Advancement Party.

Legislative elections

Election Votes % Seats +/– Status
2003[a] 620,121 24.30 (#1)
48 / 158
 New Government
2007 Did not participate
0 / 158
 Decrease 48 Extra-parliamentary
2011 Did not participate
0 / 158
 Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
2015 36,693 0.80 (#16)
0 / 158
 Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
2019 67,610 1.68 (#21)
1 / 160
 Increase 1 Opposition
2023 86,475 2.07 (#15)
0 / 160
 Decrease 1 Extra-parliamentary
  1. ^ Run in coalition with PP and PSN.

References

  1. ^ "¡Quedan fuera! TSE cancela 11 partidos políticos". Soy502 (in Spanish). 8 January 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Meet the Candidates: Guatemala". Americas Quarterly. 2023-01-19.
  3. ^ https://porquienvoto.org.gt/descargas/informe_partidos_politicos.pdf Page 53
  4. ^ "Qué responde Roberto Arzú del partido Podemos a la propuesta de alianza "salvadora" que lanzó Manuel Villacorta, de Vos" (in Spanish). Prensa Libre. 2023-05-18.
  5. ^ ACAN-EFE. "Partido de centroderecha guatemalteco cambia su nombre a "Podemos"".
  6. ^ "16 de enero de 2007". Archived from the original on 2007-07-10. Retrieved 2007-09-12.
  7. ^ "Telediario 3 - el noticiero de servicio en Guatemala". Archived from the original on 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2007-09-12.
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