The National Convergence Front (Spanish: Frente de Convergencia Nacional, FCN–Nación) was a right-wing political party in Guatemala.[12]
National Convergence Front Frente de Convergencia Nacional | |
|---|---|
 | |
| President | Jimmy Morales |
| General Secretary | Javier Alfonso Hernández Franco |
| Founded | 7 January 2008 |
| Dissolved | 8 January 2024[1] |
| Ideology | Conservatism[2][3] Nationalism[4] Christian right[5][6][7] |
| Political position | Right-wing[8][9][10] to far-right[11] |
| Colors | Blue |
| Website | |
| www.fcnnacion.com | |
History
editThe party was established on 7 January 2008. It was initiated by a group of retired army officers, including veterans of Guatemalan Civil War, affiliated with the Military Veterans Association of Guatemala AVEMILGUA.[13] FCN did not nominate a presidential candidate in the 2011 general elections, but contested the Congressional elections, receiving 0.5% of the vote and failing to win a seat.[14] In March 2013, the party chose the popular comic TV actor Jimmy Morales as its General Secretary.[15]
Morales was the party's presidential candidate in the 2015 elections, which he won after receiving the largest vote share in the first round (24%) and then beating former first lady Sandra Torres in the run-off with 67% of the vote. In the Congressional elections the FCN received the fifth-highest vote share (9%), winning 11 of the 158 seats.[16]
FCN's head of the national list was Édgar Justino Ovalle Maldonado who is considered to be Jimmy Morales' "right-hand man". He commanded counter-insurgency operations in the Ixil Community in the early 1980s during which several massacres against the Ixil Mayas took place.[17] The violence against the Ixil was acknowledged as a genocide by the Supreme Court of Guatemala, but is denied by Jimmy Morales.[18]
Election results
editPresident
edit| Election | Candidate | First round | Second round | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | Vice President | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| 2011 | Did not participate | ||||||
| 2015 | Jimmy Morales | Jafeth Cabrera | 1,152,394 | 23.99% | 2,751,058 | 67.44% | Won |
| 2019 | Estuardo Galdámez | Betty Marroquín Silva | 180,983 | 4.12% | — | — | Lost |
| 2023 | Sammy Morales | Miguel Moir | 21,971 | 0.53% | — | — | Lost |
Congress
edit| Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23,272 | 0.53 (#14) | 0 / 158 |
New | Extra-parliamentary |
| 2015 | 403,086 | 8.84 (#5) | 11 / 158 |
 11 |
Government |
| 2019 | 211,453 | 5.23 (#5) | 8 / 160 |
 3 |
External support |
| 2023 | 28,827 | 0.69 (#23) | 0 / 160 |
8 |
Extra-parliamentary |
References
edit- ^ "¡Quedan fuera! TSE cancela 11 partidos políticos". Soy502 (in Spanish). 8 January 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ Deborah Bonello; Anna-Cat Brigida (6 September 2015). "Runoff expected in Guatemala race as ex-president waits in a military jail". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "Comedian Jimmy Morales frontrunner in Guatemalan election as former president Otto Perez sits in jail". ABC News. 6 September 2015.
- ^ "Celebrity outsider leads in Guatemalan election, second place open". DPA International. 8 September 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Guatemala increases punishment for abortions and bans same-sex marriage". The Guardian. 9 March 2022.
- ^ "Guatemalan Women Face Up to 10 Years in Prison Under New Abortion Law". The New York Times. 9 March 2022.
- ^ "Guatemala Congress ramps up prison sentence for abortion, bans gay marriage". France24. 9 March 2022.
- ^ Orlando Perez (8 September 2015). "What happens now in Guatemala?". LatinAmericaGoesGlobal.
- ^ "Jimmy Morales, el comediante conservador que podría ser presidente de Guatemala". BBC Mundo. 7 September 2015.
- ^ Henry Morales (4 September 2015). "Jimmy Morales, el comediante que quiere ser un presidente serio". Prensa Libre.
- ^ "En desafío a las sentencias judiciales, los líderes del Congreso guatemaltecos impulsan un proyecto de ley de amnistía". Washington Office on Latin America (in Spanish). October 2, 2019.
- ^ Guatemala: ente electoral ordena cancelar el partido del presidente Morales
- ^ Steven Dudley (7 September 2015). "Guatemala Votes for Military-backed Candidate". InSightCrime.
- ^ Republic of Guatemala: Legislative elections of 11 September 2011 Adam Carr
- ^ "Nombran al comediante Jimmy Morales como secretario general de FCN". Emisoras Unidas. 10 March 2013. Archived from the original on 13 March 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
- ^ Congresistas señalados son reelectos Prensa Libre, 8 September 2015
- ^ "La mano derecha de Jimmy: un oficial de operaciones contrainsurgentes". Centro de Medios Independientes (CMI). 4 September 2015.
- ^ Louisa Reynolds (10 June 2015). "In Guatemala, anti-establishment presidential candidate benefits from corruption scandals". The Tico Times.
External links
edit- Official website (in Spanish)