Ubuntu Connected Front
Ubuntu Connected Front | |
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| Abbreviation | UCF |
| Leader | Regillio Vaarnold |
| Founded | 14 December 2017 |
| Headquarters | Etta Palmstraat 23, Hoofddorp[1] |
| Ideology | Ubuntu Black-Dutch interests |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Colours | Pan-African colours |
| Senate | 0 / 75 |
| House of Representatives | 0 / 150 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 29 |
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| ubuntuconnectedfront | |
Ubuntu Connected Front (UCF) is a political party in the Netherlands.
Ideology and policies
Central to UCF's election manifesto is the 'Black Agenda',[2][3] derived from the UN International Decade for People of African Descent 2015-2024 mission. The three pillars of this agenda are Recognition, Justice and Development. Recognition concerns the impact of the slavery past. Justice is about historical reparatory justice. The aim is to achieve equal development opportunities for everyone. UCF carries out its activities based on these principles, with the aim of transforming society in this sense. The party is not just targeting the Black Europeans of African ancestry and Afro-Caribbean people in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but everyone.
Elections
The party was founded in December 2017. The first participation in the elections for the UCF was in the municipal elections in 2018. UCF participated in Rotterdam (535 votes, 0.23%) and Amsterdam (1,052 votes, 0.30%).[4][5] This was insufficient in both cities to win a seat.
The party participated in the 2021 general election with Regillio Vaarnold as its top candidate.[6] The party did not receive enough votes to win a seat in the House of Representatives, but was the most popular party in St. Eustatius, receiving 320 out of 630 votes cast.[7] The UCF candidate list included two prominent politicians from St. Eustatius.[8]
Action points
After the 2021 elections, the UCF carried out several concrete actions in the field of decolonization of cultural heritage. For example, the municipality of Tilburg was urgently requested to remove the statue of Petrus Donders from public space.[9] The government of St. Eustatius was requested to apply heritage participation and to stop the degrading archaeological excavations at the airport.[10] The party is also committed to the (free) change of slave names, something that more and more Dutch municipalities are inclined to do.[11]
References
- ^ "Register". Kiesraad (in Dutch). 22 April 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
- ^ "DE BLACK AGENDA – Ubuntu Connected Front".
- ^ "Kenneth Cuvalay (UCF): 'In a fair society Black people would have the same chances' | Caribbean Network". 16 March 2021.
- ^ "Gemeenteraadsverkiezingen Noord Holland - 1982 t/m 2018". nlverkiezingen.com. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- ^ "Gemeenteraadsverkiezingen Zuid-Holland - 1982 t/m 2018". nlverkiezingen.com. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- ^ "Ubuntu Connected Front en de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen van 2021". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 March 2021.
- ^ "St. Eustatius Results Second Chamber Elections March 17th, 2021". St. Eustatius. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ "New political party Ubuntu Connected Front takes interests of the Caribbean at heart in upcoming Dutch Parliament elections". Saba News. 2021-02-10. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- ^ "Kenneth Cuvalay: 'Met deze vervolgstap in de dekolonisatie kunnen we de geschiedenis herschrijven' - Ik zet een stap".
- ^ "Opposition is mounting to Archeological Excavations on St. Eustatius". 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Regillio Vaarnold: "Zwarte mensen hebben geen vrienden"". YouTube.