Ubuntu Connected Front (UCF) is a

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in the

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Ideology and policies

Central to UCF's election manifesto is the " Black Agenda", derived from the UN

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2015 to 2024 mission. The three pillars of this agenda are recognition, justice and development. Recognition concerns the impact of the slavery past. Justice is about historical reparatory justice. The aim is to achieve equal development opportunities for everyone. UCF carries out its activities based on these principles, with the aim of transforming society in this sense.

Elections

The party was founded in December 2017. The first participation in the elections for the UCF was in the municipal elections in 2018. UCF participated in

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(535 votes, 0.23%) and

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(1,052 votes, 0.30%). This was insufficient in both cities to win a seat. The party participated in the 2021 general election with Regillio Vaarnold as its top candidate. The party did not receive enough votes to win a seat in the

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, but was the most popular party in St. Eustatius, receiving 320 out of 630 votes cast. The UCF candidate list included two prominent politicians from St. Eustatius.

Action points

After the 2021 elections, the UCF carried out several concrete actions in the field of

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. For example, the municipality of

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was urgently requested to remove the statue of Petrus Donders from public space. The government of St. Eustatius was requested to apply heritage participation and to stop the degrading archaeological excavations at the airport. The party is also committed to the (free) change of slave names, something that more and more Dutch municipalities are inclined to do.

References

External links

Election Program 2021–2025
{{Political parties in the Netherlands Political parties in the Netherlands Political parties of minorities