The Social Participative Democracy (''Democracia Social Participativa'') was a
political party
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in
Guatemala
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. At the last
legislative
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elections
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, held on 9 November 2003, the party won 1.1% of the popular vote but no seats in
Congress
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. Its presidential candidate
José Ángel Lee
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won 1.6% in the presidential elections of the same day.
It became deregistered after it failed to achieve either 5% or a single deputy in the 2003 election.
The idea of Social Participative Democracy stems from the idea of decentralization, meaning that civil members of a society should be able to be more actively involved in governmental decisions.
References
Defunct political parties in Guatemala
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