People, Equality and Democracy

People, Equality and Democracy (Spanish: Pueblo, Igualdad y Democracia), formerly United Ecuadorian (Spanish: Ecuatoriano Unido), is an Ecuadorian political movement that emerged in 2017 and registered in 2022. Its founder is Arturo Moreno Encalada, cousin of former President Lenín Moreno.[1]

People, Equality and Democracy
Pueblo, Igualdad y Democracia
PresidentArturo Moreno Encalada
FounderArturo Moreno Encalada[1]
Founded2017[1]
IdeologyBig tent
Political positionCentre to centre-left[1]
National affiliationADN
ColorsRed, Yellow and Green

History edit

As United Ecuatorian edit

 
Logo as United Ecuatorian

The movement was born around the year 2015 under the name United Ecuadorian Movement by Lenin Moreno's brother, Edwin Moreno.[2] In the 2019 Ecuadorian local elections, they obtained the prefecture of Zamora Chinchipe in alliance with the Juntos Podemos movement, Unidad Popular, Democracia Sí and the Ecuadorian Socialist Party with Cléver Jiménez as a candidate.[3]

In the 2021 Ecuadorian presidential election, its candidate was Pastor Gerson Almeida, whose candidacy called himself "pro-life".[4] Almeida's candidacy received criticism from progressives for his opposition to abortion[5] and homosexuality.[6]

In November 2021, the National Electoral Council canceled the registry of United Ecuadorian due to not getting the minimum of votes to keep its registry in two consecutive elections.[7] Later in 2022, People, Equality and Democracy was admitted in the electoral registry, keeping the same number of list than United Ecuadorian, the 4.[1]

As PID edit

For the 2023 Ecuadorian presidential election, PID is one of two parties which forms the National Democratic Action alliance that supports the candidacy of Daniel Noboa Azin for President of Ecuador.[8][9] Arturo Moreno Encalada himself, the founder of the party, gained a bench for the National Assembly at the same general election.[10]

Election results edit

Presidential election edit

Year Candidate First round Second round 1st round

position

2nd round

position

President Vice president Votes % Votes %
2021 Gerson Almeida Martha Cecilia Villafuerte 160.571 1.73 Eliminated 8th Eliminated
2023 Daniel Noboa Azin Verónica Abad Rojas 2,315,296 23.41 5,251,695 51.83 2nd 1st

Legislative elections edit

Year Leader National List Provincial List Foreign List
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
2021 Rocío Juca 166,888 2.08 0 193,840 2.38 2 1 407 1.75 0
2023* Valentina Centeno 1,219,254 14.56 2 884,747 10.31 11 1

Sectional elections edit

Year Prefectures Mayors
2019
1 / 23
14 / 221

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e Celi, Estefania (28 May 2022). "PID: movimiento de un primo de Lenin Moreno debutará en las seccionales" (in Spanish). Primicias. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Seis hermanos y seis agrupaciones políticas en el escenario electoral". Primicias (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-23.
  3. ^ "Cléver Jiménez quiere darle un cambio a Zamora". El Telégrafo (in European Spanish). 2019-04-07. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
  4. ^ "El pastor Gerson Almeida y Martha Villafuerte integran el binomio 'Provida' del movimiento Ecuatoriano Unido". El Comercio (in Spanish). 2020-08-22. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
  5. ^ "Ecuatoriano Unido es una organización definida como provida ¿por qué?". GK (in Spanish). 2020-10-08. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
  6. ^ "Gerson Almeida: 'la persona homosexual debe arrepentirse'". Radio La Calle (in Spanish). 2020-12-24. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
  7. ^ "Consejo Electoral resolvió la extinción definitiva de cinco organizaciones políticas nacionales" (in Spanish). El Universo. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Movimiento Mover respaldará la candidatura de Daniel Noboa a la Presidencia de la República". El Universo (in Spanish). 2023-05-29. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  9. ^ Redacción (2023-05-24). "Elecciones Ecuador 2023: Daniel Noboa Azín buscará por primera vez la Presidencia de Ecuador, que su padre Álvaro Noboa no logró en cinco intentos". www.ecuavisa.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  10. ^ Celi, Estefania (24 August 2023). "Correísmo y Construye tendrán las bancadas mas grandes de la asamblea" (in Spanish). Primicias. Retrieved 25 August 2023.