Great Renewed National Alliance (Spanish: Gran Alianza Nacional Renovada), also known as GANAR Alliance (Spanish: Alianza GANAR) or by its acronym GANAR (literally "WIN"), is a political coalition of opposition parties, formed in 2017 in Paraguay by members of the Authentic Radical Liberal Party, the Revolutionary Febrerista Party, the Progressive Democratic Party, the Guasú Front, and others.[1][2] In the 2018 general elections, it was number 5 on the voting list, and supported Efraín Alegre of the PLRA and Leonardo Rubín of the Guasú Front for president and vice president, respectively.[3][4]
Great Renewed National Alliance Gran Alianza Nacional Renovada | |
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Founded | 29 September 2017 |
Dissolved | 21 May 2018 |
Preceded by | Patriotic Alliance for Change (2008) |
Succeeded by | Concertación |
Headquarters | Asunción |
Ideology | Social liberalism Social democracy Democratic socialism Progressivism |
Political position | Centre-left |
Chamber of Deputies | 10 / 80 |
Governors | 1 / 17 |
Junta Departamental | 48 / 246 |
The campaign leader of the Alliance was the liberal Carlos Mateo Balmelli, who was a past rival of Alegre in the PLRA internal elections.[5]
References
edit- ^ "La oposición formaliza alianza para el 2018 y desafía ganar al cartismo". UltimaHora (in Spanish). 30 September 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ "Inscriben alianza opositora entre liberales y luguistas para el 2018". La Nación (in Spanish). 30 September 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ Benitez, Rosana (6 February 2018). "Justicia Electoral adjudica números y colores a las agrupaciones políticas". tsje.gov.py (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ "Justicia Electoral reconoce a la alianza opositora Ganar". UltimaHora (in Spanish). 10 October 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ "Balmelli será jefe de campaña de la dupla Alegre-Rubin". UltimaHora (in Spanish). 21 December 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2018.