Neighbourhood Action Movement

The Neighbourhood Action Movement (Spanish: Movimiento de Acción Vecinal; MAV) is a national localist^[5] political party in Argentina based in Córdoba Province. It was founded in 1999 by Kasem Dandach, an immigrant from Lebanon who served as a provincial lawmaker.^[2] It has run its own candidates in presidential elections in 2015 and 2019; both times, it has failed to secure enough votes to cross the threshold mandated by the Mandatory, Open and Simultaneous Primaries (PASO) to participate in the general election.^[9] According to them, they are a centrist group, although the media consider them center-right.

Neighbourhood Action Movement Movimiento de Acción Vecinal
President	Martín Dandach[1]
Founded	1999; 26 years ago (1999)[2]
Membership (2017)	12,773[3][4]
Ideology	Localism[5] Centrism[6]
Political position	Center-right[7]
Colors	Green[8]
Seats in the Chamber of Deputies	0 / 257
Seats in the Senate	0 / 72
Politics of Argentina Political parties Elections

According to Raúl Albarracín, the party's leader in Córdoba Province and twice presidential candidate, the Neighbourhood Action Movement stands for a free market economy, supporting regional economies in Argentina's provinces and introducing a reform of the judiciary.^[6]

Electoral performance

President

Election year	Candidate		PASO		Result
			# of overall votes	% of overall vote
2015	Raúl Albarracín		39,512	0.18 (11th)	N Failed to pass threshold
2019	Raúl Albarracín		36,411	0.14 (9th)	N Failed to pass threshold