The Democratic People's Movement ( es, link=no, Movimiento Popular Democrático, MPD) was the electoral wing of the
Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador (affiliated with the
ICMLPO-U&S) and a political party in Ecuador since 1978.
At the
legislative elections of 20 October 2002, the party won at least 3 out of 100 seats. It again won 3 seats at the
2006 elections, where its presidential candidate Luis Villacis came in 9th place with 1.33% of the vote. In the
2009 National Assembly elections it won 5 out of 124 seats with 4.05% of the vote.
Within 26 years of its founding, the MPD reached 29 national and provincial deputies, a prefect, 33 provincial councilors, 21 mayors and council chairmen, 285 councilors, and 313 parish council members.
The principles of the party can be summarized in its slogan: the "conquest of a popular government, patriotic, democratic, and revolutionary that resolutely applies its program and lays the groundwork for the conquest of socialism."
The MPD was a party with union presence and plays a leading role in the organization of strikes and the politicization of state educational entities through its participation in the
National Union of Educators
The National Union of Educators (NUE) was a trade union representing education workers in South Africa.
The union was founded in 1997, when the South African Teachers' Association merged with the Transvaal Teachers' Association and the Transvaal ...
. This has brought it success within the trade unions.
From 9 to 13 July 2007, the MPD and
PCMLE jointly organized the XI International Seminar's "Problems of Revolution in Latin America," which was attended by, in addition to the MPD and PCMLE, organizations like the
FARC
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, the
Popular Liberation Army
The Popular Liberation Army ( es, Ejército Popular de Liberación, ''EPL'') is a Colombian anti-revisionist Marxist–Leninist guerrilla group created in 1967. Most of its former members demobilized in 1991, forming the Esperanza, Paz y Liber ...
of
Colombia
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, the
Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front of
Chile
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, the
Communist Party of Peru - Red Fatherland
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, and several other organizations in Ecuador, including the
Revolutionary Youth of Ecuador, the
Federation of University Students of Ecuador, the
General Workers Union of Ecuador, and the
United Federation of Affiliates for Peasant Social Security.
XI Seminario Internacional
MPD published ''Patria Nueva''.
Electoral performance
Ecuadorian presidential elections
National Congress elections
*National assembly
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election.
See also
* Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador
The Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador ( es, Partido Comunista Marxista-Leninista del Ecuador) is an anti-revisionist Marxist–Leninist communist party in Ecuador, founded August 1, 1964, following a split from the Communist Part ...
References
External links
Official web site''Patria Nueva''
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Communist parties in Ecuador
Political parties established in 1978
Plurinational Unity of the Lefts