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Political party in Guatemala
Movement for the Liberation of Peoples Movimiento para la Liberación de los Pueblos
AbbreviationMLP
LeaderThelma Cabrera
Secretary-GeneralByron Alfredo González Tool
Founded8 December 2016 (2016-12-08)
Legalised21 November 2018 (2018-11-21)
Dissolved8 January 2024 (2024-01-08)
Split fromGuatemalan National Revolutionary Unity
IdeologyIndigenismo
Left-wing populism
Socialism of the 21st century
Political positionLeft-wing to far-left
Colors    Red, blue and yellow

The Movement for the Liberation of the Peoples (Spanish: Movimiento para la Liberación de los Pueblos, MLP) was a political party in Guatemala.

History

The movement was registered on December 8, 2016 in the Supreme Electoral Tribunal and its registration process ends on December 7, 2018. The party's general secretary is Byron Alfredo González Tool. It has more than 23,800 members. It is constituted mainly by members of the Peasant Development Committee (Codeca). Its main leaders have been accused of theft of electric power, as well as multiple demonstrations to demand the resignation of President Jimmy Morales. They have claimed that URNG and Winaq do not represent indigenous peoples. On November 21, 2018, the political organization concluded the requirements and was made official as a political party.

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election Candidates First round Second round Status
President Vice President Votes % Votes %
2019 Thelma Cabrera Neftalí López 452,260 10.33 (#4) — — Lost
2023 Thelma Cabrera Jordán Rodas — — — — Disqualified

Legislative elections

Election Votes % Seats +/– Status
2019 121,743 3.02 (#14) 1 / 160 New Opposition
2023 74,802 1.79 (#17) 0 / 160 Decrease 1 Extra-parliamentary

References

  1. "¡Quedan fuera! TSE cancela 11 partidos políticos". Soy502 (in Spanish). 8 January 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  2. "Comités para la construcción de los partidos políticos" (PDF). Tse.org.gt. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 February 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  3. "Diez grupos sueñan con ser partidos políticos – Crónica". Archived from the original on 2018-07-28. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
  4. Portillo, Ana de (23 July 2017). "Conozca la oferta electoral que podríamos tener en el 2019 » República.gt".
  5. "Codeca busca constituirse en partido político". Prensalibre.com. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
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