The Government Alliance (Spanish: Alianza de Gobierno) is the name given to the Chilean political coalition founded on 6 November 2022.[2] The coalition was formed after a meeting called by the President of the Republic, Gabriel Boric, held at the Palace of Cerro Castillo, where the presidents of the political parties, parliamentarians and authorities that are part of the government can summer.[3]

Government Alliance
Alianza de Gobierno
AbbreviationAdG
LeaderGabriel Boric
SpokespersonPaulina Vodanovic (PS)
Founded6 November 2022 (2022-11-06)
HeadquartersSantiago de Chile
IdeologyProgressivism[1]
Political positionCentre-left to left-wing
Senate
19 / 50
Chamber of Deputies
65 / 155
Regional Governors
7 / 16
Regional councillors
106 / 302
Mayors
82 / 345
Councillors
986 / 2,252

The coalition is made up of the member parties of the two coalitions that supported Boric's candidacy and entered his administration: Apruebo Dignidad and Democratic Socialism.[4] The alliance agreed to have a common and rotating spokesperson, the first spokeswoman for the coalition being the president of the Socialist Party, Paulina Vodanovic.

History

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Official leaders in Cerro Castillo on 6 November 2022 announcing the creation of the "Government Alliance".

In March 2021, the primary elections of the Apruebo Dignidad pact, a coalition made up of the Broad Front and Chile Digno, took place. The Broad Front candidate Gabriel Boric won the election, running as the sole candidate of Apruebo Dignidad in the first round of the presidential elections. As the result of this presidential election, he would participate in the runoff election.

After the defeat of the Christian Democrat candidate Yasna Provoste, the New Social Pact coalition formed that year for the elections, bringing together the parties from the Concertación and Nueva Mayoría. These parties had governed the country for 24 years previously. The New Social Pact supported the candidacy of Boric, the Apruebo Dignidad candidate, who won in the runoff.

After Boric's victory in the presidential elections, and given how the congress was composed after the parliamentary elections[5]—Apruebo Dignidad only managed to elect 37 of the 150 deputies and 5 of the 50 senators—Gabriel Boric included in the government the parties that made up the New Social Pact coalition, with the exception of the Christian Democratic Party. These parties would later adopt the nomination of Democratic Socialism.[citation needed]

The government of Gabriel Boric has been supported by these two political blocs (or “two souls”, as the local press has called them): Democratic Socialists and Apruebo Dignidad.[6] The difficult coexistence of both coalitions within the ruling party, added to the defeat of the option supported by the government in the plebiscite on 4 September. This gave rise to the political committee on 17 October 2022, calling an official conclave, with the purpose of analyzing the course that the government should take going forward.[7] The conclave took place on 6 November 2022 in the Presidential Palace of Cerro Castillo, where the leaders of the ruling parties met.[3] Since then, the coalition has met regularly to form an electoral and content committee,[8] and has replicated the first national conclave in various regions of the country.[9]

Composition

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Coalition Party Abbr. President Ideology
  Apruebo Dignidad Chile Digno   Communist Party of Chile
Partido Comunista de Chile
PCCh Guillermo Teillier Communism
Marxism–Leninism
  Social Green Regionalist Federation
Federación Regionalista Verde Social
FREVS Flavia Torrealba Regionalism
Green politics
  Humanist Action
Acción Humanista
AH Tomás Hirsch New humanism
Social ecology
  Christian Left of Chile
Izquierda Cristiana de Chile
IC Fernando Astudillo Christian left
Christian socialism
  Broad Front   Democratic Revolution
Revolución Democrática
RD Juan Ignacio Latorre Social democracy
Democratic socialism
  Social Convergence
Convergencia Social
CS Diego Ibáñez Libertarian socialism
Autonomism
  Commons
Comunes
Comunes Marco Velarde Socialism of the 21st century
Autonomism
  Unite Movement
Movimiento Unir
UNIR Marcelo Díaz Díaz Progressivism
Social democracy
  Democratic Socialism   Socialist Party of Chile
Partido Socialista de Chile
PS Paulina Vodanovic Social democracy
Democratic socialism
  Party for Democracy
Partido por la Democracia
PPD Natalia Piergentili Social democracy
Third Way
Progressivism
  Liberal Party of Chile
Partido Liberal de Chile
PL Patricio Morales Social liberalism
Progressivism
  Radical Party of Chile
Partido Radical de Chile
PR Leonardo Cubillos Social liberalism
Social democracy
  New Deal
Nuevo Trato
NT Pablo Vidal Progressivism
Environmentalism

See also

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References

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  1. ^ https://www.ex-ante.cl/paulina-vodanovic-primera-vocera-de-la-alianza-de-gobierno-el-progresismo-debe-tener-una-vision-comun-pero-tambien-conversar-con-la-derecha/ Paulina Vodanovic, primera vocera de la “Alianza de Gobierno”: “El progresismo debe tener una visión común, pero también conversar con la derecha”
  2. ^ "Dos coaliciones bajo una alianza: Cónclave termina con "una agenda en común" y llamados de unidad en el oficialismo". Emol. 6 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Alianza de Gobierno y hoja de ruta: las definiciones del Cónclave oficialista en Cerro Castillo « Diario y Radio Universidad Chile". radio.uchile.cl (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  4. ^ "Cónclave oficialista culmina con acuerdo para formar "alianza de Gobierno" y comité de secretarios". Biobío Chile. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Apruebo Dignidad descarta que integración de Nuevo Pacto Social afecte a programa de Boric". BioBioChile (in Spanish). 2022-01-22. Retrieved 2022-11-15. En tanto, voces de la ex concertación afirmaron que la falta de mayorías en el Congreso fue el principal factor de incorporar a miembros del bloque.
  6. ^ Luna, Juan Pablo (2022). "Una promesa llamada Gabriel Boric". Nueva Sociedad (299). Buenos Aires: Nusso. ISSN 0251-3552. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Lo que hay tras el cónclave que agendó La Moneda con Apruebo Dignidad y el Socialismo Democrático". T13. 18 October 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  8. ^ La Tercera (18 November 2022). "Oficialismo conforma comité electoral y de contenido para afianzar "alianza de gobierno"". Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  9. ^ Ministerio del Interior de Chile (5 December 2022). "Gobiernos regionales reafirman la importancia de avanzar más rápido en las urgencias de la ciudadanía y poner foco en el trabajo en terreno". Retrieved 9 December 2022.