National Convergence Front
National Convergence Front | |
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Leader | Edgar Justiniano Ovalle |
Founded | 7 January 2008 |
Ideology | Nationalism[1] Conservatism[2][3] |
Political position | Right-wing[4][5][6] |
Colors | Blue |
Seats in Congress |
11 / 158
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Website | |
www.fcnnacion.com | |
Politics of Guatemala Political parties Elections |
The National Convergence Front (Spanish: Frente de Convergencia Nacional, FCN–Nación) is a political party in Guatemala.
History
The 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.[7] 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.[8]
In March 2013, the party chose the popular comic TV actor Jimmy Morales as its secretary-general.[9]
Jimmy Morales was the party's presidential candidate in the 2015 elections, which he won, receiving the greatest vote share in the first round (24%) and beating former first lady Sandra Torres in the run-off with 67.44% of the vote. In the Congressional elections FCN received the fifth-highest vote share at 9%, winning 11 of the 158 seats.[10] 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.[11] The violence against the Ixil was acknowledged as a genocide by the Supreme Court of Guatemala, but is denied by Jimmy Morales.[12]
References
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- ↑ Republic of Guatemala: Legislative elections of 11 September 2011 Adam Carr
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External links
- Official website (Spanish)