Anti-imperialist Unitary Commissions ( es, Comisiones Unitarias Antiimperialistas, COMUNA) is a

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founded in 2008 that describes itself as revolutionary left,

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and

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. Having failed at the admission to the 2009 election, it negotiated a cooperation with the leftist Popular Unity, but abandoned the talks and finally didn't participate in the 2014 general election either.

History

Formation

The alliance with the full name Anti-imperialist Artiguist Unitary Commissions for National Liberation and Socialism ( es, Comisiones Unitarias Antiimperialistas Artiguistas por la Liberación Nacional y el Socialismo, links=no) was founded in 2008 when a number of member parties of the governing Broad Front alliance defected and joined forces with the Oriental Revolutionary Movement (MRO) in order to jointly contest elections. Among the founding parties were the ''Movimiento Revolucionario Artiguista'' (MRA) and the ''Refundación Comunista'' (RC) including popular folk musician , the latter party however moving on to yet another newly founded alliance, the

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2009 elections

COMUNA appointed MRO president as a single candidate for presidency. With just 266 votes in the internal election primaries the alliance however missed the 500 votes minimum and finally wasn't admitted to the October 2009 general election. Finally a recommendation was issued to vote blank, yet support the

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aiming at abolishing the

Law on the Expiration of the Punitive Claims of the State The Law on the Expiration of the Punitive Claims of the State ( es, Ley de Caducidad de la Pretensión Punitiva del Estado), called in short the Expiry Law ( es, Ley de Caducidad) granted an amnesty of sorts to the military who eventually committed ...

2014 elections

Ahead of the 2014 general election, COMUNA negotiated joining forces with

in forming the larger Popular Unity alliance. In April 2013 it however decided to leave the coordination referring to fundamental differences. With a sufficiently promising alliance out of sight, COMUNA finally decided not to participate in the election at all, again recommending to vote blank instead. It however urged electors to turn down the

aiming at a lowered

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References

External links

* 2008 establishments in Uruguay Communist parties in Uruguay Far-left politics in Uruguay Left-wing political party alliances Political parties established in 2008 Political party alliances in Uruguay {{Uruguay-party-stub