Grand National Alliance (Guatemala)
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| Grand National Alliance Gran Alianza Nacional |
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| Secretary-General | Jaime Martínez Lohayza |
| Founded | 30 August 2002 (alliance) 26 June 2005 (unified party) |
| Headquarters | 6ª. Avenida 3-44 Zona 9, Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Ideology | Conservatism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colors | Blue and red |
| Seats in Congress |
8 / 158
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| www.gana.org.sv | |
| Politics of Guatemala Political parties Elections |
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The Grand National Alliance (Gran Alianza Nacional, GANA) is a right-wing[1] conservative[2][3] political party in Guatemala. The acronym "GANA" also spells out the word gana, from the verb ganar, "to win".
Formation and 2003 election[edit]
GANA was created as an electoral alliance to fight the 2003 general election. In that election, held on 9 November 2003, the Grand National Alliance, won 24.3% of the vote, and 47 out of 158 seats in Congress. The presidential candidate of the alliance, Óscar Berger Perdomo, won 34.3% at the presidential elections of the same day. He won 54.1% at the second round and was elected president.
The alliance was made up of the following parties:
- Patriotic Party (Partido Patriota) (PP)
- Reform Movement (Movimiento Reformador) (MR)
- National Solidarity Party (Partido Solidaridad Nacional) (PSN)
Evolution and 2007 election[edit]
The Patriotic Party broke with the alliance in the early months of Óscar Berger's administration. [1] In November 2005, the National Solidarity Party ceded its electoral registration to GANA, with which the Grand National Alliance ceased to be an alliance and became a party. In August 2006, the Reform Movement withdrew its support from GANA. [2]
GANA's candidate in the 2007 presidential election was former director of the national prison service Alejandro Giammattei. He came in third place in the election, with 17% of the vote. Despite the splits in the party, it did relatively well in the congressional elections, receiving 37 seats and becoming the second largest party in Congress.
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References[edit]
- ^ González, Pablo (2014), "Guatemala", Handbook of Central American Governance (Routledge): 406
- ^ Carmack, Robert M. (2008), "Perspectives on the Politics of Human Rights in Guatemala", Human Rights in the Maya Region: Global Politics, Cultural Contentions, and Moral Engagements (Duke University Press): 61
- ^ Isaacs, Anita (2006), "Guatemala", Countries at the Crossroads: A Survey of Democratic Governance 2006 (Rowman & Littlefields): 146
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