The Patriotic Society Party ( es, Partido Sociedad Patriótica, PSP), formerly the January 21 Patriotic Society ( es, Sociedad Patriótica 21 de Enero) is a

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and personalist

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, led by former army colonel Lucio Gutiérrez. "January 21" refers to the date of the 2000 Ecuadorian coup d'état. At the

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, 20 October 2002, the party won at least two out of one hundred seats, and additional seats in alliances with other parties. Its leader, Lucio Gutiérrez, a key figure in the 2000 coup d'état, formed an alliance with the indigenous Pachakutik Movement and won 20.3% of the vote in the presidential elections of the same day, winning the second round with 58.7%. His campaign appealed especially to indigenous citizens and lower-class voters. However, Gutiérrez was deposed in 2005, and replaced with

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, an

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. Gutiérrez subsequently returned to Ecuador and was imprisoned for five months before being released. He was not allowed to participate in the 2006 election to succeed Palacio, as his political rights were suspended. His brother, Gilmar Gutierrez, was the Society's presidential candidate in 2006. Gilmar received 17% of the vote and came in third place. However, his party won 23 seats, making it the second-largest party in the

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, where no party had a majority. Defections to the government left the January 21 Patriotic Society with 19 seats. Lucio Gutiérrez recovered his political rights in 2008 and has unsuccessfully run for president again in

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and

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References

External links

Official web site
2002 establishments in Ecuador Political parties established in 2002 Political parties in Ecuador Populist parties {{Ecuador-party-stub