The Progressive Homeland (Spanish: Patria Progresista; PP) was a Chilean political party founded in October 2022. It is considered the successor of the Progressive Party (PRO), a formation led by former congressman and former presidential candidate Marco Enríquez-Ominami.[2][3] Its registration was accepted by the Electoral Service of Chile (Servel) in August 2023.[4]

Progressive Homeland
Patria Progresista
AbbreviationPP
LeaderMarco Enríquez-Ominami
PresidentIgnacio Bustos Sáez
General SecretaryFilomena Urbina Campos
Founded21 October 2022 (2022-10-21)
Registered29 August 2023 (2023-08-29)
Dissolved12 April 2024
Preceded byProgressive Party
HeadquartersMarcoleta 44, depto. 1315, Santiago[1]
IdeologyProgressivism
Plurinationalism
Feminism
Political positionCentre-left to left-wing
Colours  Blue
  Magenta
Chamber of Deputies
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Senate
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Website
www.progresistas.cl

History

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The Progressive Party (PRO), was created in 2010 around the figure of Enríquez-Ominami, former deputy of the Socialist Party (PS) and presidential candidate in the 2009 election. The party supported the Enríquez-Ominami's subsequent presidential nominations (2013, 2017 and 2021). In January 2022, the Electoral Service declared its dissolution because it did not elect deputies or reach the minimum threshold of votes required by law in the 2021 parliamentary elections.[5]

At the beginning of 2023, the creation of a new party called Progressive Homeland was announced.[6] The party, which used the same website and social networks as the PRO,[2] began its registration procedures under the presidency of Ignacio Bustos, a leader close to Marco Enríquez-Ominami.[7] In August of that same year, the Servel reported that Progressive Homeland had managed to establish itself in the regions of O'Higgins, Maule and Ñuble.[4]

On 12 April 2024, the Chilean Electoral Service issued a resolution in which it reported the dissolution of the party after rejecting the communication of the constitution of its party bodies in the regions where it was established.[8]

References

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  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20230901020104/https://www.servel.cl/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/PATRIA-PROGRESISTA.pdf Patria Progresista (en formación)
  2. ^ a b "El Partido Progresista vuelve a ser legal, con otro nombre". Cooperativa.cl. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  3. ^ Flores Belmar, Jonathan (2023-03-11). "ME-O: "Algunos en el Gobierno quieren fundar una iglesia y no un país"". BioBioChile. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  4. ^ a b "Acoge solicitud de Inscripción Partido Patria Progresista VI VII XVI" (PDF). Servicio Electoral de Chile. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  5. ^ Navarrete, Felipe Retamal y Esperanza (2022-03-22). ""Se cumplió un ciclo": Servel establece la disolución del PRO por no lograr representación mínima en el Congreso". La Tercera. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  6. ^ "Partido vinculado a Marco Enríquez-Ominami inicia proceso de formación". Crónica Digital (in Spanish). 2023-01-21. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  7. ^ Fuentes, Cristóbal (2023-03-16). "Amarillos, Fuerza de la Muchedumbre y Demócratas: la recta final de la lucha por ser un partido político". La Tercera. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  8. ^ "Resolución de disolución partido Patria Progresista" (PDF). Servicio Electoral de Chile (in Spanish). 12 April 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2024.