The Party Alliance for Yucatán (Spanish: Alianza Partido por Yucatán, PAY) was a political party in the Mexican state of
Yucatán
Yucatán (, also , , ; yua, Yúukatan ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán,; yua, link=no, Xóot' Noj Lu'umil Yúukatan. is one of the 31 states which comprise the political divisions of Mexico, federal entities of Mexico. I ...
. It was formed in the early 21st century with the aim of representing the interests of the people of Yucatán at the local and national levels.
The party was led by
Xavier Abreu Sierra
Xavier Antonio Abreu Sierra (born February 11, 1950 in Mérida, Yucatán) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN).
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Abreu has been an active PAN member since 1981. From 1985 to 1988 he was member o ...
, who sought the
National Action Party's nomination for the position of governor of
Yucatán
Yucatán (, also , , ; yua, Yúukatan ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán,; yua, link=no, Xóot' Noj Lu'umil Yúukatan. is one of the 31 states which comprise the political divisions of Mexico, federal entities of Mexico. I ...
. However, he was defeated by
Yvonne Ortega-Pacheco, who ran on a coalition of the
Institutional Revolutionary Party
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(PRI),
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, and the local Alliance for Yucatán. Payán, who initially sought the
National Action nomination but was defeated by Abreu, left the party and won the nomination of the nominally left-wing parties Convergence and the
Workers Party, despite her right-wing ideology.
On May 16, the PAY received only 2,959 votes out of a total of 860,129 cast, equivalent to 0.34% of the total votes. As a result, the General Council of the Institute of Electoral Procedures and Citizen Participation (IPEPAC) cancelled the party's registration, and its assets were liquidated to cover any debts. The party was not permitted to request re-registration until after an ordinary state electoral process had taken place.
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References
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