Go on Country – Social Integration Party (2017)

Go on Country – Social Integration Party (Spanish: Avanza País – Partido de Integración Social) is a Peruvian political party. In 2020, almost 15 years since its last participation in a general election, economist Hernando de Soto registered in the party in order to run for the presidency at the 2021 general election.^[11] He placed fourth in the election.^[12][13]

Go on Country – Social Integration Party Avanza País – Partido de Integración Social
Abbreviation	AvP
President	Aldo Borrero
General Secretary	Luis Ernesto Flores
Founded	10 May 2017
Preceded by	Go on Country – Social Integration Party (2000)
Headquarters	Lima
Ideology	Liberalism (Peruvian)[1] Conservatism (Peruvian)[4] Economic liberalism[5] Conservative liberalism[6]
Political position	Centre-right[9] to right-wing[10]
Congress	8 / 130
Governorships	1 / 25
Regional Councillors	17 / 274
Province Mayorships	10 / 196
District Mayorships	74 / 1,874
Website
http://avanzapais.org.pe/
Politics of Peru Political parties Elections

History

In early 2005, a party under the same name registered in the National Elections Jury and participated in the 2006 general election.^[14] At the legislative elections held on 9 April 2006, the party won 1.1% of the popular vote but no seats in the Congress of the Republic and its presidential ticket itself attained 0.2%, placing fourteenth nationally.^[15] After losing its formal registration as a political organization, the party began a re-founding stage on May 10, 2017, culminating in a new registration on the same year.^[16]

In the legislative election held on 26 January 2020, the party won 2.5% of the popular vote but no seats in the Congress of the Republic, as it failed to pass once again the 5% electoral threshold.^[17] In the legislative election held on 11 April 2021, the party won 7.5% of the popular vote and 7 seats in the Congress of the Republic.

In December 2021, Hernando de Soto left the party following a dispute for its control between Aldo Borrero Rojas, the leader of the party, and Edwin de la Cruz Ponce, the general secretary, who was previously removed but continued to denounce his removal.^[18][19] Following his departure, De Soto described the party as being far-right after members of Advance Country supported amnesty for authorities following massacres in Ayacucho and Juliaca during the widespread protests against President Dina Boluarte.^[20]

Ideology

The original iteration of the party described itself as a centrist party in support of social democracy and social conservatism, while Infobae described it as ultranationalist in 2006.^[21] More recently, the party has been described as a supporter of far-right politics, though some media in Peru describe the party as center-right. Its members in the Congress of Peru have been described as being part of a "far-right" bloc allied with Popular Force and Popular Renewal.

Representatives of the party signed the Madrid Charter, an anti-leftist manifesto organized by the conservative Spanish party Vox.^[22][23][24] Economically, the party embraces classical liberalism and economic liberalism, generally supporting free markets.

The party does not have an official stance on social issues as it once did, as can be evidenced by the fact that the respective leading figures for de Soto's presidential campaign, Instituto Politico para la Libertad Peru (IPL) vice president, Beltrán Gomez Hijar, and IPL member and congressman Alejandro Cavero, have supported pro-LGBT and pro-choice causes, whereas congresswoman Adriana Tudela, daughter of former Vice President Francisco Tudela, is opposed to abortion.^[25][26]

Under de Soto's leadership, the party is described by analysts and pundits as right-leaning on the political spectrum.^[27] According to Georgetown University political scientist Eliana Carlín, de Soto was the one who chose the party for his election run, and the party welcomed him due to his international prominence in the economic academia. In Carlin's opinion, the party is an "electoral vehicle" that reached an agreement with de Soto and that "they are not interested in ideology".^[28]

Controversies

Go on Country, in a journalistic column of RPP, was accused of surrogacy due to the incorporation of members who had no relationship with the party months prior.^[29] Despite this, party president Pedro Cenas rejected the notion of his party functioning as a surrogate and stated that "politics is not a commodity, but an act of faith and integration".^[30]

Election results

President

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Outcome
2021	Hernando de Soto	1,674,201	11.63	4th

Congress

Election	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position
2020	373,113	2.5	0 / 130		Extra-parliamentary
2021	969,059	7.5	7 / 130	7	Minority

Regional and municipal elections

Election	Regional governors	Provincial mayors	District mayors
	Outcome	Outcome	Outcome
2018	0 / 25	4 / 196	18 / 1,874

References

1. • "El próximo presidente de Perú enfrentará la inestabilidad de un Congreso dividido". Télam (in Spanish). 24 April 2021. También ocuparán escaños el liberal Avanza País, con probablemente siete
   • "El Congreso de Perú tendrá autoridades opositoras en el primer año del gobierno de Castillo". Ámbito Financiero (in Spanish). 26 July 2023. ...y Patricia Chirinos (del liberal Avanza País).
   • Ruiz, Ariela (2 July 2021). "The Triumph of Pedro Castillo Amid the Campaign to Undermine His Presidency". CounterPunch. Retrieved 16 April 2023. ...the liberal Avanza País of Hernando de Soto...
   • Fernando, Vivas (February 3, 2023). "Al centro hay sitio. ¿Por qué la derecha se niega a sí misma? Crónica de Fernando Vivas". El Comercio (in Spanish).
   • Rotundo, Oscar (24 August 2021). "Nuestra América debe acompañar al legitimo gobierno de Perú". Noticias Pia. Retrieved 16 April 2023. ...partidos políticos como Fuerza Popular del clan Fujimori, la centroderechista Alianza Para el Progreso, el conservador Podemos y el liberal Avanza País, que conforman la mayoría parlamentaria...
2. Schulze, Ingrid (December 1, 2022). "Avanza País lehnt das vom peruanischen Premierminister vorgeschlagene Treffen zum «Brückenbau» ab". MSN. Archived from the original on 21 January 2023. Die konservative peruanische Partei Avanza País kündigte am Mittwoch an,
3. "Graphic: Peru's Young Politicians". Americas Quarterly. October 25, 2022. Tudela is a member of the conservative Avanza País party
4. ^[2][3]
5. "Economista Hernando de Soto desafía el consenso socialista sobre la desigualdad Thomas Piketty Economia". Gestión (in Spanish). 2019-12-13. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
6. Stemmler, Quincy (14 December 2022). "Zahl der Toten steigt: Anhaltende Proteste in Peru". Amerika21 (in German). Retrieved 6 October 2023. "Extremisten verkleidet als Demonstranten nutzen die Proteste, um subversive und vandalische Aktionen durchzuführen", kommentiert Patricia Chirinos von der rechtsliberalen Partei Avanza Pais.
7. Pereda, David (December 27, 2022). "Centroderecha en busca de consenso y novedad electoral". La República.
8. Richter, Steffen (February 4, 2023). "Peruanisches Parlament verhindert kurzfristige Neuwahlen". Die Zeit.
9. ^[7][8]
10.  • Stemmler, Quincy (11 August 2022). "Peru: Präsidentin Boluarte sucht Unterstützung bei Rechtsparteien". Amerika21 (in German). Retrieved 6 October 2023. Neben Fujimori traf sich Boluarte vergangene Woche auch mit Mitgliedern der Mitte-Rechts-Parteien Somos Perú und Alianza Para el Progreso sowie der Rechtspartei Avanza País.

    • Teruggi, Marco (12 January 2023). "Die Krise eskaliert". Nachrichtenpool Lateinamerika (in German). Retrieved 6 October 2023. Die rechten Parteien im Kongress wie Fuerza Popular, APP, Avanza País und Renovación Popular sicherten der Regierung eine Mehrheit [...]
    • Baumgart, Andreas (27 December 2023). "Davongekommen!". Infostelle Peru e.V. (in German). Retrieved 6 October 2023. Deshalb kam eine am 18. November erfolgte Initiative zum Sturz des Präsidenten seitens der Abgeordneten Patricia Chirinos von der rechten Partei Avanza Pais doch überraschend.
11. "Hernando de Soto se inscribió como militante de Avanza País junto al empresario Carlos Añaños". gestion.pe. 26 September 2020.
12. Ortiz Martínez, Sebastian (2020-10-30). "Elecciones 2021 | Hernando de Soto presenta a Julia Príncipe y Francisco Tudela como parte de su equipo técnico". El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-09.
13. "Elecciones 2021 | Hernando de Soto confirma postulación a la Presidencia por Avanza País". Peru21 (in Spanish). 2020-09-25. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
14. "Los hermanos Humala, en carrera por el poder en Perú". Infobae (in European Spanish). 28 February 2006. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
15. Kanashiro Fonken, Gustavo (17 May 2017). "Partido que tuvo como candidatos a Ulises y Antauro Humala logra inscripción". El Comercio.
16. "Oficializan inscripción de partido político Avanza País". andina.pe. 17 May 2017.
17. "11 partidos no pasarán la valla, al 99.09 % del conteo de ONPE". andina.pe. 29 January 2020.
18. "Hernando de Soto renunció a Avanza País y se iría al partido Fe en Perú". Infobae. December 23, 2021.
19. "Hernando de Soto renuncia al partido Avanza País". El Peruano. December 22, 2021.
20. "Hernando De Soto sobre propuesta de Avanza País para amnistía a policías y militares: "Me parece un error"". La República (in Spanish). 2023-02-23. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
21. "Los hermanos Humala, en carrera por el poder en Perú". Infobae (in European Spanish). 28 February 2006. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
22. Moncada, Andrea (25 October 2021). "What's With All the Imperial Spanish Flags in Peru (and Elsewhere)?". Americas Quarterly. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
23. Kahhat, Farid (2021-11-14). "El partido Vox y la carta de Madrid". El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-12-26.
24. "Vox estrecha lazos con derecha peruana y suma firmas a su pacto anticomunista". EFE (in Spanish). 24 September 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
25. Revoredo, Luciano (October 20, 2020). "Hernando de Soto: El Movadef, abortistas y promotes LGTB en su partido". laabeja.pe.
26. "Tudela y Cavero, de Avanza País, a favor de no avanzar en derechos de las mujeres". manoalzada.pe. January 2021.
27. • "Peru's Castillo will struggle to stay in office". Oxford Analytica. Emerald Expert Briefings. oxan–db (oxan–db). 11 August 2022. doi:10.1108/OXAN-DB272027. The far-right parties in Congress -- Renovacion Popular (Popular Renewal) and Avanza Pais (Forward Country)
    • "El caos se apodera de Perú, con una veintena de muertos y una presidenta en la cuerda floja". Público. 17 December 2022. partido ultraderechista Avanza País
    • "Perú: nuevo intento destituyente en contra de Pedro Castillo | El Congreso aprobó una moción para derrocarlo, la tercera en 16 meses". Pagina 12 (in Spanish). 2 December 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2023. tres partidos de derecha radical -Fuerza Popular, Renovación Popular y Avanza País
    • "Killing of protesters sparks early elections". New Internationalist. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2023. the far-right Avanza País
28. Abanto, Andrea (November 22, 2020). "Politóloga sobre Hernando de Soto en Avanza País: "No creo que les interese la ideología"". larepublica.pe.
29. Herrada, Diego Pajares (2020-12-11). "Elecciones 2021: ¿Qué son los partidos 'vientre de alquiler' y cómo influyen en la crisis electoral? | El Poder en tus Manos". RPP (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-04-14.
30. "Líder de Avanza País: "No nos vean como vientre de alquiler"". Nacional (in Spanish). 2020-09-26. Retrieved 2021-04-14.