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Republican Party (Chile, 2019)

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Republican Party
Partido Republicano
LeaderJosé Antonio Kast
Founded10 June 2019
Registered21 January 2020
HeadquartersSantiago, Chile
Membership16,175[1]
IdeologyUltranationalism
National conservatism
Social conservatism
Right-wing populism
Anti-communism
Anti-Islam
Anti-immigration
Subsidiarity
Political positionFar-right[2][3][4]
Chamber of Deputies
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Communal Councils
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The Republican Party (Template:Lang-es) is a Chilean far-right[4] political party. Its founder and current leader is José Antonio Kast.[5][6][7]

History

Background

José Antonio Kast, the founder of the party, who was deputy during 16 years, was member of the Independent Democratic Union for 20 years. In 2017 he ran for president, finishing in fourth place with nearly the 8% votes. With the data base of support he obtained with the election, he decided to found a political movement.

On 3 March 2018, Kast held the first meeting of the (what at that time was) new movement. Some time after, on April 9th, the movement was presented at the Omnium Hall in Las Condes, and it was named "Acción Republicana" (Republican Action).[8]

Foundation

File:Republican Party of Chile (Constituted in Regions).svg
Regions where the Republican Party has been officially constituted.

On 10 June 2019, Kast presented the party to the Servel, the party formation is still ongoing. More than half of the directive is composed of ex members of the UDI. One of them is the only deputy the party has in the Chamber of Deputies, Ignacio Urrutia.

On 21 January 2020, the Servel legally constituted the party in the regions of O'Higgins, Maule and Ñuble, after the necessary amount of signs was presented.[9]

On 14 August 2020, the party was officially constituted in the regions of Biobío and La Araucanía, at the same time violent incidents related with the Mapuche conflict were taking place in the zone.[10]

On 9 September, the party was constituted in Santiago Metropolitan Region, and it was announced that it would present candidates to the municipal elections.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Estadísticas de afiliados a partidos políticos". Servel. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  2. ^ "La pregunta del momento: ¿Tienen destino los nuevos movimientos políticos en el Chile de hoy?". Diario Financiero (in Spanish). April 25, 2018.
  3. ^ "Chile Vamos considera "loable" el movimiento de J. A. Kast, aunque "de nicho"". El Mercurio (in Spanish). May 7, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  4. ^ a b Ferrer, Consuelo (June 7, 2019). "La próxima decisión política que deberá tomar Chile Vamos: ¿Incorporar o no al partido de JAK?". El Mercurio. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  5. ^ "Partido Republicano en el mapa de la política" (in Spanish). La Tercera. June 15, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
  6. ^ "NACIONAL POLÍTICA Partido Republicano: José Antonio Kast inscribe nuevo referente en el Servel". Diario U Chile. June 10, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
  7. ^ "Se lanzó el nuevo Partido Republicano de José Antonio Kast". T13. June 10, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
  8. ^ El Mercurio. "¿Inspiración francesa?: Logo de Acción Republicana de Kast se asemeja al de Agrupación Nacional de Le Pen". emol.com. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  9. ^ La Tercera. "José Antonio Kast junta firmas y logra inscribir al Partido Republicano en cuatro regiones". La Tercera.
  10. ^ Jorge Enríquez Carrera. ""Le daremos voz a víctimas de la violencia": partido de Kast se constituye en La Araucanía y Bío Bío". Radio Bío Bío. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  11. ^ "Partido Republicano de José Antonio Kast se constituye en la Región Metropolitana y apunta a las municipales". El Mostrador. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
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