Avancemos Chile (ACH,[3] lit.'Let's Move Forward Chile') was a short-lived Chilean political party which was founded in February 2023 by former militants of the Party of the People (PDG) and independents. The party had three members in the Chamber of Deputies before its collapse.

Let's Move Forward Chile
Avancemos Chile
AbbreviationACH
PresidentEnrique Lee
General SecretaryVíctor Pino
Financial AdministratorYovana Ahumada
Founded24 February 2023 (2023-02-24)
Registered5 September 2023 (2023-09-05) (declared "in formation")
Dissolved18 April 2024 (2024-04-18)
Split fromParty of the People
Merged intoDemocrats (partly)
IdeologyPopulism
North Chile regionalism[1]
Anti-immigration[2]
Political positionCentre-right
Colours  Blue
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History

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The party emerged after the Party of the People's parliamentary faction broke up following the election of liberal Vlado Mirosevic as president of the Chamber of Deputies and the insults issued by deputy Gaspar Rivas against some of his coreligionists.[4][5]

In December 2022, deputies Yovana Ahumada and Víctor Pino announced their resignation from the Party of the People and joined a new bloc, made up of the independent Enrique Lee and members of the new Christian Social Party (PSC).[6]

On 24 February 2023, deputies Ahumada, Pino and Lee announced the creation of a new political party, which would focus on the north of Chile.[1] In September of that same year the party was declared "in formation" by the Electoral Service (Servel).[3]

In January 2024, Deputies Ahumada and Pino joined the Democrats Party bench as independents.[7] In April of that same year, Servel declared the dissolution of Avancemos Chile for not gathering the necessary signatures for its constitution as a political party.[8]

Leadership

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The central leadership of the party was composed of:[9]

Legislative representatives

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The Advance Chile deputies for the legislative period 2022-2026 were:

Name Region Division
Enrique Lee Flores (former PRI member) Arica y Parinacota 1
Yovana Ahumada Palma (former PDG member) Antofagasta 3
Víctor Pino Fuentes (former PDG member) Coquimbo 5

References

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  1. ^ a b González, Antonio (2023-02-24). ""Avancemos Chile": diputados que renunciaron al PDG impulsan nuevo partido con foco en el norte". BioBioChile (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  2. ^ https://www.soychile.cl/Antofagasta/Sociedad/2023/04/24/808994/proyecto-ley-migracion-irregular.html Diputada de Antofagasta propone crear impuesto a dinero enviado por migrantes irregulares desde Chile
  3. ^ a b "Extracto escritura de Constitución Partido en Formación "Avancemos Chile"" (PDF). Servicio Electoral de Chile. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Fuga de diputados en el PDG: Yovana Ahumada, Víctor Pino y Roberto Arroyo renuncian al partido". El Mostrador (in Spanish). 2022-12-13. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  5. ^ "PDG suspendió de comisiones a diputados que apoyaron a Mirosevic « Diario y Radio Universidad Chile". radio.uchile.cl (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  6. ^ Dote, Sebastián (2023-01-03). "Diputados del PDG forman nuevas bancadas con ex militantes RN y DC tras disolución de su comité". El Dínamo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  7. ^ Fuentes, Cristóbal (2024-01-04). "Demócratas ficha a dos nuevos diputados a su comité parlamentario y superará en número a la DC". La Tercera. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  8. ^ "Resolución que declara la caducidad del partido político Avancemos Chile" (PDF). Servicio Electoral de Chile. 18 April 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Avancemos Chile (En Formación)" (PDF). Servicio Electoral de Chile. 15 September 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 September 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.