Communist Party of National Liberation
Communist Party of National Liberation Partido Comunista de Liberación Nacional | |
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Communist Party of National Liberation (in Galician: Partido Comunista de Liberación Nacional) was a separatist political party in Galicia, Spain. PCLN was founded on 25 July 1986 by the 22 March Communist Collective (Colectivo Comunista 22 de marzo).[1] The collective had been launched earlier by 13 Central Committee members of the Galician People's Union (UPG) left UPG in protest of the decision of the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG, the coalition led by UPG) to participate in the Galician parliament. Front figures of the collective was Mariano Abalo, general secretary of UPG, and Xan Carballo, general secretary of INTG.
History
The 3rd National Assembly of BNG, held in O Carballiño (Ourense) in 1987, expelled PCLN on the grounds that the party had supported Herri Batasuna in elections to the European Parliament.[2]
In 1987 PCLN,
PCLN registered itself with the Interior Ministry on 13 February 1988.
Soon divisions surged within FPG. PCLN had certain reservations towards supporting the armed struggle of
In the early 1990s PCLN dissolved itself into FPG, as FPG became a unitary political party.
References
- ^ "Frente Popular Galega (FPG) » Manifesto Político 22 de marzo". Archived from the original on 2013-12-26. Retrieved 2014-08-28.
- ^ "Vieiros: Galiza Hoxe - O PCLN NUNCA DEBEU EXISTIR.NÓS SOMOS a UPG!".