Go on Country – Social Integration Party explained

Country:Peru
Go on Country – Social Integration Party
Native Name:Avanza País – Partido de Integración Social
Abbreviation:AvP
President:Aldo Borrero
Foundation:April 10, 2000
May 10, 2017
Headquarters:Lima
Seats1 Title:Congress
Seats2 Title:Governorships
Seats3 Title:Regional Councillors
Seats4 Title:Province Mayorships
Seats5 Title:District Mayorships
Website:http://avanzapais.org.pe/

Go on Country – Social Integration Party (Spanish; Castilian: Avanza País – Partido de Integración Social) is a Peruvian political party. Founded in the northern city of Santiago de Chuco, La Libertad in 2000, the party nominated Ulises Humala, brother of future President Ollanta Humala, for the presidency in the 2006 general election, in the election, the party won 1.1% of the popular vote but no seats in the Congress of the Republic. The presidential ticket itself attained 0.2%, placing fourteenth nationally and subsequently lost its registration.

In 2020, almost 15 years since its last participation in a general election, economist Hernando de Soto registered in the party in order to run for the presidency at the 2021 general election.[1] He placed fourth in the election.[2] [3]

History

In early 2005, the party registered in the National Elections Jury and participated in the 2006 general election, launching Ulises Humala as its presidential nominee.[4] At the legislative elections held on 9 April 2006, the party won 1.1% of the popular vote but no seats in the Congress of the Republic. The presidential ticket itself attained 0.2%, placing fourteenth nationally.[5]

After losing its formal registration as a political organization, the party began a re-founding stage on May 10, 2017, culminating in a new registration on the same year.[6]

In the legislative election held on 26 January 2020, the party won 2.5% of the popular vote but no seats in the Congress of the Republic, as it failed to pass once again the 5% electoral threshold.[7] In the legislative election held on 11 April 2021, the party won 7.5% of the popular vote and 7 seats in the Congress of the Republic.

In December 2021, Hernando de Soto left the party following a dispute for its control between Aldo Borrero Rojas, the leader of the party, and Edwin de la Cruz Ponce, the general secretary, who was previously removed but continued to denounce his removal.[8] [9]

Ideology

Go on Country described itself as a syncretic party in support of social democracy and social conservatism upon its founding, while Infobae described it as ultranationalist in 2006. However, since Hernando de Soto’s presidential run in 2021, the party moved to the other side of the political spectrum, embracing free markets and libertarianism. According to Georgetown University political scientist Eliana Carlín, de Soto was the one who chose the party for his election run, and the party welcomed him due to his international prominence in the economic academia. In Carlin's opinion, the party is an "electoral vehicle" that reached an agreement with de Soto and that "they are not interested in ideology".[10]

The party does not have an official stance on social issues as it once did, as can be evidenced by the fact that the respective leading figures for de Soto's presidential campaign, Instituto Politico para la Libertad Peru (IPL) vice president, Beltrán Gomez Hijar, and IPL member and congressman Alejandro Cavero, have supported pro-LGBT and pro-choice causes, whereas congresswoman Adriana Tudela, daughter of former Vice President Francisco Tudela, is opposed to abortion.[11] [12]

Representatives of the party signed in 2023 the Madrid Charter, an anti-leftist manifesto organized by the conservative Spanish party Vox.[13] [14] [15]

Controversies

Go on Country, in a journalistic column of RPP, was accused of surrogacy due to the incorporation of members who had no relationship with the party months prior.[16] Despite this, party president Pedro Cenas rejected the notion of his party functioning as a surrogate and stated that "politics is not a commodity, but an act of faith and integration".[17]

Election results

Presidential election

YearCandidatePartyVotesPercentageOutcome
2006Ulises Humala157x157pxAdvance Country – Social Integration Party24,51814th
2021Hernando de Soto145x145pxAdvance Country – Social Integration Party1,674,2014th
YearVotes%Seats/Position
2006122,6531.1%Extra-parliamentary
2020373,1132.5%Extra-parliamentary
2021969,0597.5% 7Minority

Regional and municipal elections

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hernando de Soto se inscribió como militante de Avanza País junto al empresario Carlos Añaños. gestion.pe. 26 September 2020 .
  2. Web site: 2020-10-30. Elecciones 2021 Hernando de Soto presenta a Julia Príncipe y Francisco Tudela como parte de su equipo técnico. 2021-05-09. El Comercio Perú. es.
  3. Web site: 2020-09-25. Elecciones 2021 Hernando de Soto confirma postulación a la Presidencia por Avanza País. 2021-05-09. Peru21. es.
  4. Web site: 28 February 2006 . Los hermanos Humala, en carrera por el poder en Perú . 2023-05-17 . . es-ES.
  5. Web site: 17 May 2017 . Partido que tuvo como candidatos a Ulises y Antauro Humala logra inscripción . El Comercio.
  6. Web site: Oficializan inscripción de partido político Avanza País. andina.pe.
  7. Web site: 11 partidos no pasarán la valla, al 99.09 % del conteo de ONPE. andina.pe.
  8. Web site: Hernando de Soto renunció a Avanza País y se iría al partido Fe en Perú. December 23, 2021. Infobae.
  9. Web site: Hernando de Soto renuncia al partido Avanza País. December 22, 2021. El Peruano.
  10. Web site: Politóloga sobre Hernando de Soto en Avanza País: "No creo que les interese la ideología". Andrea. Abanto. November 22, 2020. larepublica.pe.
  11. Web site: Hernando de Soto: El Movadef, abortistas y promotores LGTB en su partido. Luciano. Revoredo. October 20, 2020. laabeja.pe.
  12. Web site: Tudela y Cavero, de Avanza País, a favor de no avanzar en derechos de las mujeres. January 2021. manoalzada.pe.
  13. Web site: Moncada. Andrea. 25 October 2021. What's With All the Imperial Spanish Flags in Peru (and Elsewhere)?. 2021-12-26. Americas Quarterly. en-US.
  14. Web site: 2021-11-14. El partido Vox y la carta de Madrid. 2021-12-26. El Comercio. es.
  15. Web site: Vox estrecha lazos con derecha peruana y suma firmas a su pacto anticomunista. 2021-12-26. EFE. es.
  16. Web site: Herrada. Diego Pajares. 2020-12-11. Elecciones 2021: ¿Qué son los partidos 'vientre de alquiler' y cómo influyen en la crisis electoral? El Poder en tus Manos. 2021-04-14. RPP. es.
  17. Web site: 2020-09-26. Líder de Avanza País: "No nos vean como vientre de alquiler". 2021-04-14. Nacional. es.