Citizen Power (''Poder Ciudadano'') was a Chilean
left-wing
Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in so ...
political party, founded in 2015. It was created by former supporters of
Michelle Bachelet
Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria (; born 29 September 1951) is a Chilean politician who served as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2018 to 2022. She previously served as President of Chile from 2006 to 2010 and 2014 to 20 ...
,
Marcel Claude
Marcel Henri Claude Reyes (born in Santiago, Chile on 26 February 1957) is a Chilean economist, academic, and political activist. He was an independent candidate to become President of Chile in the 2013 Chilean presidential election, and has ...
,
Franco Parisi
Franco Aldo Parisi Fernández (born 25 August 1967) is a Chilean business engineer and economist. He received recognition for doing radio and television programs about economy along with his brother Antonino Parisi, and has been nicknamed "the ...
and
Alfredo Sfeir, who were presidential candidates for the
2013 elections
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.
In 2017, the party joined a new leftist coalition called
Broad Front, which competed in the
presidential and parliamentary elections that year.
On September 27, 2018, ''Autonomous Left'' merged with ''Poder Ciudadano'', the latter saying via Twitter to "...create a new party of feminist, popular and democratic left..."
The new party was called
Commons
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.
Presidential candidates
The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by Power. (Information gathered from th
Archive of Chilean Elections.
*
2017
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:
Beatriz Sánchez (lost)
References
External links
Power Party
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Defunct political parties in Chile
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