Political Evolution (), also known in Spanish by its shorthand Evópoli, is a Chilean
centre-right
Centre-right politics is the set of right-wing politics, right-wing political ideologies that lean closer to the political centre. It is commonly associated with conservatism, Christian democracy, liberal conservatism, and conservative liberalis ...
political party, founded in 2012. The party defines itself as a
liberal platform for the people who look for a "modern centre-right who proposes as the central axis of their proposal the appreciation of diversity, the emphasis on encouraging local communities and the pursuit of
social justice
Social justice is justice in relation to the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society where individuals' rights are recognized and protected. In Western and Asian cultures, the concept of social justice has of ...
".
History
Felipe Kast,
Luciano Cruz-Coke,
Harald Beyer and Juan Sebastián Montes founded the movement on 12 December 2012.
Evópoli agreed to participate in the primary parliamentary elections of
National Renewal in 2013. Of the three candidates presented to the primaries, Eduardo Cuevas was the winner in the 19th district (Independencia and Recoleta). Evópoli participated in the parliamentary elections with five candidates for parliament, including Cuevas (district 19) and Felipe Kast (District 22). However, the senatorial candidacy of Luciano Cruz-Coke for the Antofagasta Region failed to materialize, as the
Socialist Party
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challenged his candidacy on the Electoral Court (Tricel), considering that it was applicable the restriction on State ministers, which must resign at least a year before they could become parliamentary candidates. On 12 September, the Tricel annulled the candidacy of Cruz-Coke.
For the presidential election of that year, Evópoli supported the
Alliance
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candidate,
Evelyn Matthei
Evelyn Rose Matthei Fornet (born 11 November 1953) is a Chilean politician, who served as mayor of Providencia, Chile, Providencia, a commune in Santiago, from 2016 to 2024. She previously served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile, C ...
. Kast joined her command in the second round. In the parliamentary elections of 2013, Felipe Kast was elected deputy for the district 22 (Santiago).
On 18 December of that year, 150 advisers joined its ranks, including ministers Pedro Pablo Errázuriz and Roberto Ampuero.
The 12 April 2014 General Council of Evópoli announced the decision to become a political party. On the same occasion María Francisca Correa was elected as president; Luciano Cruz-Coke, Pedro Pablo Errázuriz, Francisco Irarrázaval, Cecilia María Vasallo and Andrés Molina were elected vice presidents, and Jorge Saint Jean was appointed as secretary general. The founding charter of the party was signed on 21 March 2015, and the process of registration with the Electoral Service of Chile began.
Subsequently, on 24 July 2015, was published in the ''Official Gazette'', the extract of the party constitution, which Evópoli fell into the category of "party in formation" and it should get the necessary notarized signatures required by law to be formally registered as a political party under Chilean law, for each region.
On 6 May 2018,
Hernán Larraín Matte was elected president of the party, replacing Francisco Undurraga. Larraín the son of current Minister of Justice
Hernán Larraín and brother of filmmaker
Pablo Larraín
Pablo Larraín Matte (; born 19 August 1976) is a Chilean filmmaker. He is known for directing films such as ''Neruda (film), Neruda'' (2016), ''Jackie (2016 film), Jackie'' (2016), ''Spencer (film), Spencer'' (2021), ''El Conde (film), El Cond ...
.
In face of the April 2021 "mega-election" consisting of the
2021 Chilean Constitutional Convention election
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, the
2021 Chilean regional elections and the
2021 Chilean municipal elections, Evópoli was the party that borrowed the most from banks to finance its campaigns. This led ''
The Clinic'' to label the party "the favourite of the banks".
Gloria Hutt was elected president of the party in October 2022.
The election of Hutt and the loss of her rival
Luciano Cruz-Coke was considered by ''
Ex-Ante'' a blow against the founding group of the party including Felipe Kast.
[ In political terms the victory of Hutt was interpreted as the trumph of liberalism over the more traditional right-wing approach of Cruz-Coke.][ Another change with Hutt was that the party would have a full-time leader instead of one that is an elected official.][ Ignacio Briones, a supporter of Hutt, did also perform well being elected party councilor with a plurality of votes in Santiago Metropolitan Region.][ Of the party's 17,700 registered members that were eligible to vote 1402 voted.][
]
Political position
Sociologists like Stéphanie Alenda have described to Evópoli as a postmaterial party, according the categories of the sociologist Seymour Martin Lipset
Seymour Martin Lipset ( ; March 18, 1922 – December 31, 2006) was an American sociologist and political scientist. His major work was in the fields of political sociology, trade union organization, social stratification, public opinion, and t ...
.
Evópoli is a centre-right
Centre-right politics is the set of right-wing politics, right-wing political ideologies that lean closer to the political centre. It is commonly associated with conservatism, Christian democracy, liberal conservatism, and conservative liberalis ...
party that shows a variety of liberal tendencies, including classical liberalism
Classical liberalism is a political tradition and a branch of liberalism that advocates free market and laissez-faire economics and civil liberties under the rule of law, with special emphasis on individual autonomy, limited governmen ...
, social liberalism
Social liberalism is a political philosophy and variety of liberalism that endorses social justice, social services, a mixed economy, and the expansion of civil and political rights, as opposed to classical liberalism which favors limited g ...
, and conservative liberalism
Conservative liberalism, also referred to as right-liberalism, is a variant of liberalism combining liberal values and policies with conservative stances, or simply representing the right wing of the liberal movement. In the case of modern con ...
.
Evópoli is in favor of same-sex marriage
Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same legal Legal sex and gender, sex. marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 38 countries, with a total population of 1.5 ...
, in contrast from other parties within the Chile Vamos
(Spanish for "Let's go Chile") is a centre-right to right-wing political coalition of three political parties in Chile. The coalition was created on 29 January 2015 by the general secretaries of the Independent Democrat Union (UDI), National Re ...
coalition.
Presidential candidates
The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by Political Evolution. (Information gathered from th
Archive of Chilean Elections
.
* 2017 primaries: Felipe Kast (lost)
*2017
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: Sebastián Piñera Echenique (won)
* 2021 primaries: Ignacio Briones (lost)
*2021
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: Sebastián Sichel
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(lost)
Elections results
Senate
Chamber of deputies
References
Works cited
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External links
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