Will, Opportunity and Solidarity ( es, Voluntad, Oportunidad y Solidaridad) is a political party in
Guatemala.
History
The political party was registered with the
Supreme Electoral Tribunal in 2020. Immigrant rights activist Marcos Antil is one of the party's founders.
Secretary General Carlos Bezares was previously candidate for
URNG,
Movimiento Nueva República and
Libre
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The
National Unity of Hope
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had an internal division between deputies opponents and supporters of
Sandra Torres in 2020, caused by Torres's accusations of corruption and poor electoral results in
2019
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, as well as her support for the government of
Alejandro Giammattei
Alejandro Eduardo Giammattei Falla (; born 9 March 1956) is a Guatemalan politician who is serving as the president of Guatemala since 2020. He is a former director of the Guatemalan penitentiary system and participated in Guatemala's president ...
. A faction opposing Torres removed her as leader and expelled her from the party in 2021. However, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal ruled in favor of Torres and allowed her to continue as party leader.
A few days after the decision of the electoral court, the opposition group to Sandra Torres announced its resignation from the National Unity of Hope, to found the "Parliamentary Opposition Group", in reference to its parliamentary opposition to the Giammattei government.
The Parliamentary Opposition Group and deputy
Aldo Dávila approached the Will, Opportunity and Solidarity political party.
On 7 December 2022, the party was registered with the electoral body.
On 22 December 2022, former presidential candidate
Manuel Villacorta
Manuel Ricardo Villacorta Orantes (born 29 March 1959) is a Guatemalan politician, professor and writer. He served as Guatemala's ambassador to Israel from 1999 to 2000, was also a presidential candidate in 2019, where he placed in seventh plac ...
joined the party.
Electoral results
Presidential elections
Congress of the Republic
References
External links
2020 establishments in Guatemala
Political parties established in 2020
Socialist parties in Guatemala
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