Chile Vamos
Let's go Chile Chile Vamos | |
---|---|
International Democrat Union | |
Senate | 24 / 50 |
Chamber of Deputies | 53 / 155 |
Mayors | 144 / 345 |
Website | |
www.chilevamos.cl | |
Chile Vamos (Spanish for "Let's go Chile") is a
For the 2021 parliamentary election, the coalition was renamed Chile Podemos Más (stylized Chile Podemos +, Spanish for "Chile we can (do) more").[8]
History
On August 2, 2014, during the National Council of National Renewal in Santiago, the party chairman
The new coalition was made official on January 29, 2015, and the process of finding a name for the new referent began.
In August 2015, the four member parties agreed to submit two lists for the election of councilors in 2016: one consisting of RN and UDI, and the other composed of the PRI and Evópoli. The same month, the name "Levantemos" ("Let's get up") emerged as the name that generated greater consensus within the coalition as its mark. However, the name was challenged by the
Following the election of Sebastián Sichel as the coalition's candidate during the 2021 presidential primaries, Chile Vamos has been considering changing the name of the coalition, with most suggestions revolving around Sichel's campaign slogan "Se puede" (It is possible).[10] On August 20, 2021, the name of the coalition was officially changed to "Chile Podemos Más" ("Chile can do more").[11]
Frictions
The impact of the
In late 2019, UDI froze for a few months their membership with the coalition because of major disagreements with some policies of their fellow parties.[12]
Vamos por Chile
For the 2021 Constitutional Convention election, Chile Vamos and the Republican Party agreed to participate in a joint list called Vamos por Chile (Spanish for "Let's go for Chile") as a way to ensure the combined list could secure the third of seats needed in the Constitutional Convention to veto proposals to be included in the new Constitution of Chile.
The single list, however, had the worst electoral result for any right-wing alliance since the reestablishment of democracy in Chile. Vamos por Chile got 20% of the votes and only 37 of the 155 seats in the Convention.[13][14][15]
Composition
Party | Spanish | Leader |
---|---|---|
Independent Democratic Union | Unión Demócrata Independiente | Hernán Larraín |
National Renewal | Renovacion Nacional | Cristián Monckeberg |
Political Evolution
|
Evolución Política | Felipe Kast |
Democratic Independent Regionalist Party | Partido Regionalista Independiente Demócrata | Alejandra Bravo |
Political council
The coalition has a political council with 47 members: 16 independents, 10 from National Renewal, 10 from the Independent Democratic Union, 6 from Political Evolution and 5 from the Independent Regionalist Party.[16][17]
|
|
|
See also
- List of political parties in Chile
- New Majority (Chile)
- 2017 Chilean general election
References
- ^ "Con Sebastián Piñera como claro favorito, la campaña electoral de Chile entra en una semana decisiva". Clarín. November 12, 2017.
- ^ "What the victory of centre-right Sebastián Piñera in Chile's presidential election means". The Economist. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
Sebastián Piñera of the centre-right Chile Vamos (Let's Go Chile) coalition trounced his centre-left rival, Alejandro Guillier, a senator and former television anchorman, by 55% to 45%.
- ^ Echenique, Martín (June 30, 2017). "Elecciones primarias en Chile para definir los candidatos a la presidencia". Clarín.
- ISBN 9783319914855.)
Two political coalitions participated in the primary elections: "Chile Vamos" (Right-wing coalition) and "Frente Amplio" (Left-wing coalition).
{{cite book}}
:|work=
ignored (help - ^ "Profile: Chile's President Sebastian Piñera". BBC. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
The conservative billionaire, who represents the right-wing Chile Vamos coalition, was previously president between 2010 and 2014.
- ^ Noticias, C. H. V. "Elección de constituyentes: Mira acá cuáles son la posiciones ideológicas de las 70 listas". CHV Noticias.
- ^ "UDI, RN, PRI y Evópoli firman acuerdo para la creación de una nueva coalición política". La Tercera. 29 January 2015. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ Garrido, Mónica (2021-08-20). ""Chile Podemos +": El nombre de pacto parlamentario con el que Chile Vamos busca reinventarse". La Tercera. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- ^ ""Chile Vamos" es el nombre de consenso en la Coalición de centro-derecha". 4 October 2015.
- ^ "Chile Vamos analiza cambiar el nombre de su pacto parlamentario". Cooperativa.cl.
- ^ ""Chile podemos más" el nuevo pacto parlamentario encabezado por Sebastián Sichel". pauta.
- ^ Blume, Florencia (December 20, 2019). "La UDI y Chile Vamos". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved January 9, 2020.
- ^ "Chile's govt in shock loss as voters pick independents to draft constitution". Reuters. 2021-05-17. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
- ^ Montes, Rocío (2021-05-16). "Los chilenos castigan a los partidos políticos en sus elecciones constituyentes". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-17.
- ^ "Chile chooses independents to draft new constitution". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
- ^ Unión Demócrata Independiente (December 2015). "Orgánica "Chile Vamos"". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-12-31.
- ^ "UDI incorpora a Kast, Bellolio, y a ex timoneles a consejo político de Chile Vamos". La Tercera. 2015-12-18. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-19.