National Victory ( es, Victoria Nacional, VN), is a
Peruvian
political party. Founded in late-2020, the party is the successor of the former
National Restoration Party, founded and led by former evangelical pastor
Humberto Lay
Pastor Humberto Lay Sun (Chinese language, Chinese: 黎孙 ''Lí Sūn''; born 25 September 1934) is a Peruvian evangelicalism, evangelical minister of the Iglesia Biblica Emmanuel, an architect, and a politician belonging to the National Restorat ...
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History
In mid-2019, Humberto Lay resigned from the leadership of
National Restoration, the party underwent a formal reorganization that involved a re-foundation with a name-change. After multiple talks with different political leaders, the party reached an agreement with former footballer
George Forsyth in order to reorganize the party.
In October 2020, the party announced its re-foundation under Forsyth's leadership, thus effectively dissolving National Restoration, and establishing National Victory. Subsequently, the party nominated Forsyth for
President for the
2021 general election, but was disqualified on 10 February 2021. However, the disqualification was revoked by the
National Jury of Elections
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on 5 March 2021, following to an appeal. On Election Day, Forsyth placed 8th while in the Congressional election, the party failed to win any seats by a margin of 0.04%.
Ideology
In contrast to the evangelical roots of
National Restoration, National Victory holds on to a
liberal conservative platform, with some support for
progressive
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Politics
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issues such as
LGBT rights, as Forsyth has stated his support for a
civil union proposal.
Economically, Forsyth is viewed as a pro-market candidate, although his stances on the
Peruvian economy (according to ''Americas Quarterly'') "are less clear".
Election results
Presidential elections
Elections to the Congress of the Republic
References
External links
Official website(Spanish)
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2020 establishments in Peru
Anti-communism in Peru
Anti-communist parties
Christian democratic parties in South America
Conservative parties in Peru
Liberal parties in Peru
Political parties established in 2020
Political parties in Peru
Social conservative parties