Partido de la Gente

Partido de la Gente
Leader	Edgardo Novick
Founded	7 November 2016 (2016-11-07)
Ideology	Right-wing populism Conservative liberalism Neoliberalism
Political position	Right-wing
Chamber of Senators	1 / 30
Chamber of Deputies	2 / 99
Intendencias	0 / 19
Mayors	2 / 112
Website
www.novick.com.uy/partido
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Partido de la Gente (Spanish for "Party of the Folk") is a Uruguayan political party.

Founded in 2016, its main leader is Edgardo Novick.

It already has three legislators: the Senator Daniel Bianchi and the Representative Guillermo Facello, both former Colorados, and the Representative Daniel Peña, a former Blanco.

Name

Gente is a Spanish-language word for "people". There is also another synonym, pueblo. Locally, the word pueblo may have a left-leaning or revolutionary connotation; notice the names of some previously existing political groups: Partido por el Gobierno del Pueblo and Partido por la Victoria del Pueblo. So, the name of this party should be understood as "Party of the Folk", or "Party of the Plain Folks".

This new party stands for the political centre, and pretends to appeal to plain people who are tired of politics as usual, both traditional or contemporary (the current government being held by a leftist party).