Party of the People Partido de la Gente | |
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Abbreviation | PDG |
Leader | Franco Parisi |
President | Luis Antonio Moreno |
General Secretary | Luis Emilio Peña |
Vice President | Jorge Passadore |
Founded | 13 December 2019 |
Registered | 26 July 2021 |
Preceded by | Power of the People – Franco Parisi Social Movement |
Headquarters | Enríque Olivares n°211, La Florida, Santiago de Chile |
Ideology | Populism E-democracy[1] |
Political position | Centre-right to right-wing |
Related institutions | Felices y Forrados[2] Banco Democracia Real[3] |
Colours | Blue |
Slogan | "The power of the people" (Spanish: "El poder de la gente") |
Chamber of Deputies | 6 / 155 |
Senate | 0 / 43 |
Website | |
pdgchile.cl | |
The Party of the People (Spanish: Partido de la Gente, PDG) is a Chilean political party, characterized as a centre-right[4][5] to right-wing[6] and populist.[7][4][8][5] It was created at the end of 2019, being legalized by the Electoral Service on July 26, 2021.[9] It is led by 2013 and 2021 presidential candidate Franco Parisi, and by the founder of "Felices y Forrados" Gino Lorenzini.[10]
At the time of its legalization in July 2021, the party had about 43,000 members, the second largest number of members of any party in Chile after the Communist Party.[11] Among its adherents is the conventional constituent-elect Rodrigo Logan of district 9.[12]