United Socialist Party of Venezuela
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The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (Spanish: Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela, PSUV) is a proposed political party in Venezuela.[1] It was initiated by Hugo Chávez after he won the Venezuelan presidential election of 2006 in order to merge all parties which support the Bolivarian Revolution.[2] The birth of this political organisation is expected sometime in 2007. [3]
On 18 December 2006, the Minister of Communication and Information Willian Lara announced the preparation of a letter addressed to the National Electoral Council, regarding the proposal to formally disband the Fifth Republic Movement. Chávez has stressed the need of a single governing party instead of a large number of parties which support him.[4]
The twenty-four parties which supported Chávez in the 2006 presidential election, ordered by the number of electoral votes they received and with those who have voiced their support for PSUV in bold, were:
- Fifth Republic Movement (MVR)
- For Social Democracy (PODEMOS)
- Fatherland for All (PPT)
- Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV)
- People's Electoral Movement (MEP)[5]
- Everybody Wins Independent Movement (MIGATO)
- Venezuelan Popular Unity (UPV)[6]
- Revolutionary Middle Class (CMR)
- Revolutionary Movement Tupamaro (MRT)[7]
- Socialist League (LS)[8]
- Movement for Direct Democracy (MDD)[9]
- Emergent People (GE)
- Union Party[10]
- Militant Civic Movement (MCM)[11]
- National Socialist Group of Liberation Pro Venezuela (PROVEN)
- Communitary Patriotic Unity (UPC)
- New People Concentration Movement (MCGN)
- Action Force of Base Coordination (FACOBA)
- Independents for the National Community (IPCN)[12]
- Active Democracy National Organization (ONDA)
- National Independent Movement (MNI)
- Labor Power (PL)
- Venezuelan Revolutionary Currents (CRV)
- Action Networks of Communitary Change (REDES)
On 7 March 2007, Chávez presented a phased plan for founding the new party until November 2007.[1] For Social Democracy, Fatherland for All and the Communist Party of Venezuela have stated they will wait until PSUV has been founded and decide their membership in the new party based on its program.[2] On March 18, 2007, Chávez declared in his programme Aló Presidente that he had "opened the doors for Podemos, Patria para Todos and the Venezuelan Communist Party so that if they want to go away, they may do so and leave us in peace". He declared that in his opinion those parties are almost in the opposition and added that they had to choose well the way to go, "in silence, hugging us or throwing stones".[3]
On 24 March 2007, the first 2,000 party members took their oaths on a party ceremony. 10,000 more members are expected to be sworn in on 19 April 2007, and the party will have its first formal meeting on 15 August 2007.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ http://english.eluniversal.com/2006/12/19/en_pol_art_19A816669.shtml
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6192105.stm
- ^ http://english.pravda.ru/world/asia/29-12-2006/86213-Chavez-0
- ^ http://english.eluniversal.com/2006/12/18/en_pol_art_18A816337.shtml
- ^ http://www.aporrea.org/ideologia/n88115.html
- ^ http://www.aporrea.org/ideologia/n88116.html
- ^ http://www.eltiempo.com.ve/noticias/default.asp?id=97571
- ^ http://www.aporrea.org/ideologia/n88202.html
- ^ http://www.aporrea.org/ideologia/n88128.html
- ^ http://psuv.blogspot.com/2007/01/partido-unin-se-disuelve-para.html
- ^ http://psuv.blogspot.com/2007/01/propuestas-del-movimiento-cvico.html
- ^ http://psuv.blogspot.com/2007/01/partido-independientes-por-la-comunidad.html
