Agreement for Change

Agreement for Change

Concertación por el Cambio
Agreement for Change Concertación por el Cambio
General Secretary	Henri Falcón
Founded	21 June 2018; 5 years ago
Dissolved	September 2020
Split from	Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) ; United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) ; Fatherland for All (PPT)
Merged into	Democratic Alliance
Headquarters	Caracas
Ideology	Anti-Chavismo; Christian democracy; (Christian left); Social democracy; Social liberalism; Progressivism; Democratic socialism; Reformism; Bolivarianism
Political position	Centre-left
Colors	Blue
Seats in the National Assembly	8 / 167
Seats in the Latin American Parliament	1 / 12
Seats in the Mercosur Parliament	1 / 23
Governors	0 / 23
Mayor	15 / 335
	Politics of Venezuela; Political parties; Elections;

Agreement for Change (Spanish: Concertación por el Cambio) was a Venezuelan coalition created on June 21, 2018 by former 2018 presidential candidate and Chavismo defector Henri Falcón.^[1] The coalition initially integrated seven political parties opposed to the government of Nicolás Maduro. The alliance was committed to what they called the "democratic route" through mechanisms such as voting, dialogue, peaceful protests and the rejection of foreign intervention.^[2]

History

Creation

On June 21, 2018, Progressive Advance leader and former 2018 presidential candidate Henri Falcon, announced the creation of the alliance, composed of the political parties and movements who supported his candidacy in the recent presidential elections of May 2018. Falcon said that there was separated from the Democratic Unity Roundtable - a coalition in which militated since 2010 - but it is "deviated from its path," claiming that his coalition will follow the electoral "route". He also said that his platform will present proposals to the country in the face of the current crisis it faces.

The alliance presented its economic proposals by integrating wage dollarization.^[3]

Analysis

Columnist Ascension Reyes from El Nacional said an internal crisis deepens in the Democratic Unity Roundtable coalition, and the creation of Concertación means another division.^[4]

Parties and movements

Among the political parties and movements that made up this coalition are:^[5]

Party/movement		Ideology
	Progressive Advance	Progressivism
	Movement for Socialism	Democratic socialism
	Let's Change Movement	Pluralism
	Ecological Movement of Venezuela	Ecology
	Solutions Movement	Social democracy
	Together Movement	Democratic socialism
	Independents for National Community [es]	Bolivarianism
	COPEI	Christian democracy
	Front Movement with Venezuela	Pluralism

Elections

Municipal

2018 Venezuelan municipal elections: 9 municipal officials (2.7%)

Municipal Councils

According to Efecto Cocuyo news portal, out of 80 municipals that had the opposition previously held now remains with 10 following the 9 December 2018 elections.

References

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