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existent from 1985 to 1987, and led by

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History

The political movement was publicly presented by the former Interior Minister

on December 13, 1985 at the Feria de Peñuelas (

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), at which he announced the creation of a "National Workers Front" (''Frente Nacional de Trabajadores''). Jarpa was a former member of the National Action party and later founder of the National Party, the former

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Juan De Dios Carmona and William Thayer Arteaga and the former members of

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party, Ángel Faivovich, Germán Picó Cañas and Aquiles Cornejo. After the launch of the new Constitution of 1980 begins the constitutional phase of the

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, to which the political world is rearranged and reorganized in terms of supporting the regime or demanding his immediate ouster, either by way peacefully or by force of arms. In these circumstances, both the Chilean political left and the political right are atomized into various parties and movements, being the National Labour Front one of them. His stance was critical of the economic policy of the military regime. On 7 November 1986, the political committee of the Social Democracy Party decided to merge into the FNT. In August of the same year the

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also decided to join the FNT. On 9 January 1987, the National Union Movement (MUN) of Andrés Allamand made an appeal to the

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(UDI) of

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and the National Labour Front (FNT), led by former Interior Minister Sergio Onofre Jarpa, to form a single right-wing party. Following this, on 8 February proceedings were initiated to form National Renewal (RN), made its definitive legalization concluded on 29 April 1987.

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