Popular Will
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Popular Will
Voluntad Popular |
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| Abbreviation | VP |
| Leader | Leopoldo López |
| Founded | 5 December 2009 |
| Ideology |
Social democracy Centrism Progressivism |
| Political position | Centre |
| National affiliation | Democratic Unity Roundtable |
| International affiliation | Socialist International |
| Colours | Orange |
| Seats in the National Assembly |
14 / 167
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| Seats in the Latin American Parliament |
0 / 12
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| Governors |
0 / 23
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| Mayors |
15 / 337
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| Website | |
| voluntadpopular.com | |
Popular Will (Spanish: Voluntad Popular; VP) is a centristpolitical party in Venezuela admitted into the Socialist International in December 2014, founded by former Mayor of Chacao Leopoldo López, who serves as its National Coordinator. The party currently holds 14 out of 167 seats in the Venezuelan National Assembly, the country's parliament, and is a member of the Democratic Unity Roundtable, the electoral coalition that currently holds a supermajority in the National Assembly.
The party was formed in reaction to alleged infringements of individual freedom and human rights on the part of the socialist government of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and his successor, Nicolás Maduro. The party attempts to bring together Venezuelans of various backgrounds who consider “chavismo” oppressive and authoritarian. Popular Will self-identifies itself as “a pluralist and democratic movement” that is committed to “progress,” which it defines as the realization of “the social, economic, political, and human rights of every Venezuelan.”
The party’s "fundamental pillars" are progress, democracy, and social action.
Popular Will traces its roots to the Popular Networks (Redes Populares) formed in 2004 as a means of promoting social action and leadership. The year 2007 saw the formation of the so-called “2D” opposition movement, which considered the constitutional referendum called by Hugo Chávez an attempt to impose dictatorship on the country.
This was followed in 2009 by the formation of the Social Action (Accion Social) movement, which brought together “youths, workers, community leaders, business people, and politicians.”
On December 5, 2009, López, along with the other leaders of other political parties, Un Nuevo Tiempo, Primero Justicia, and Acción Democrática, officially announced the formation of the Popular Will Movement (Movimiento Voluntad Popular) at a forum in Valencia, Carabobo.
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