The Social Liberal Humanist Party ( ro, Partidul Umanist Social Liberal, PUSL), formerly Humanist Power Party (Social-Liberal) ( ro, Partidul Puterii Umaniste (social-liberal), PPU-SL) is a
centrist
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to
centre-left
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political party in Romania. It was founded in 2015 by members of the
Conservative Party (PC) who did not want to merge with the
Liberal Reformist Party (PLR), led by
Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu
Călin Constantin Anton Popescu-Tăriceanu (; born 14 January 1952) is a Romanian politician who was Prime Minister of Romania from 29 December 2004 to 22 December 2008. He was also president of the National Liberal Party (PNL) and the vice-pre ...
.
History
In the summer of 2015, the Conservative Party (PC), led by
Daniel Constantin, merged with the Liberal Reformist Party (PLR), creating the
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE). At the same time, PC
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Maria Grapini
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opposed this decision, criticizing the disappearance of the party's ideology and announced that she would join a new group, the Party of Humanist Power (PPU).
Controversy
In 2018, former
Sector 4 mayor,
Cristian Popescu Piedone join PPU and reentered politics, having previously been prosecuted for the
Colectiv nightclub fire back in 2015. He was accounted responsible and in 2019 sentenced to 8 years in prison, but the sentence was not decisive and was attacked by the Bucharest Court of Appeal. With all the legal problems and controversy surrounding Piedone, PPU still endorsed him as candidate in the
2016 Romanian local elections for mayor of
Sector 4 as well as in the
2020 Romanian local elections
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for mayor of
Sector 5, winning the latter.
Electoral history
Legislative elections
Notes:
1 The MPs were elected on the PSD and ALDE lists.
Local elections
National results
Mayor of Bucharest
Notes:
1 PSD candidate, Gabriela Firea, was endorsed by PPU
Presidential elections
References
External links
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