About Green Alliance Political Party

The Green Alliance is a political party of Columbia that is located in the center of the political spectrum. In Spanish, the name of the party is Alianza Verde. The Green Alliance political party is a supporter of Social Justice, electoral reform, and economic sustainability. The party was founded in 2005 and its headquarters is in Bogotá in Colombia. The Co-presidents of the party are Luis Carlos Avellaneda and Antonio Sanguino.  In this blog we are going to tell you that Green Alliance Political Party, so read this blog carefully to get the complete information.The political position of the party is center to center-left. The party symbol is of green color. The regional affiliation of the party is the Federation of the Green Parties of the Americas and the International affiliation of the party is Global Greens. The Global Greens is an international network of political parties and movements that work together for the implementation of the Global Greens Charter. This consists of various National green political parties and one search party among them is the Green Alliance political party of Colombia.

The Green Alliance political party is in support of the Colombian peace process. The Colombian peace process means the peace process between the Colombian government of President John Manuel Santos and the Revolutionary Armed forces of Colombia so that they can bring an end to the Colombian conflict. It had formed the electoral alliance Coalition Colombia with centrist and center left parties which include Civic Compromise to present a single presidential candidate Sergio Fajardo in the presidential election of 2018.

The Establishment of the Party

The Green Alliance political party was founded on 25 November 2005 in Bogotá. It was founded by a group of people which was headed by Carlos Ramón González Merchán and Elías Pineda.

Regional Elections of 2007

The Colombian elections of 2007 were the democratic elections in the Republic of Colombia.

On 28 October 2007, Colombian regional elections were held to elect department governors, department assembly deputies, mayors and councils, and Local Administrative Juntas. In that, the party oddly won the governorships of Cesar with their candidate Cristian Moreno Panezo and Boyacá with candidate José Roso Millán. The party also got 23 Municipal mayors.

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Congressional Elections of 2010

Three independent former mayors of Bogotá which were Luis Eduardo Garzón, Antanas Mockus, and Enrique Peñalosa together formed an Alliance to select an independent candidate for the presidency. But they needed a political structure. The ad-hoc coalition combined with the Centre Option Green party which changed its name to the Green party. After this, the new party was joined by many other regional politicians.

The elections were held on 14 March 2010, in that election, Mockus was elected as the candidate for the presidency in the primary elections of the Green Party. On that same day, the party achieved five seats in the Senate. Sergio Fajardo who was the independent presidential candidate and former mayor of Medellín joined the Mockus campaign. And soon after this, he was selected as the Vice Presidential candidate of the Green Party.

Presidential Elections of 2010

The presidential elections of 2002 took place under a two-round system in which the initial vote was held on 13 May while the second poll was held three weeks later on 20 June.

On 30 May 2010, the Columbian Green Party became the second political force as a result of the first round of the presidential elections. And it has got 21% of the electorate. Then on 21 June 2010, they received 28% of the vote. But they lost the presidential election to Juan Manuel Santos who gained 69% of the votes.

Popular Slogans of Green Alliance Political Party

There are many popular slogans of the party which the party usually uses. The party is known through these slogans. Some of the popular slogans of the party include:

“Your Life is Sacred”

“Public Resources are Sacred”

“Conscience Vote”

“Not Everything is Justifiable”

“Natural Resources are Sacred”

The ideology of the Green Alliance Party

Political ideology is a particular set of ethical ideas and principles which explain how society should work. So the Green Alliance political party also has its ideology.

The ideology of the Green Alliance political party includes Green politics, the third way, green liberalism, progressivism, and pacifism.

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Political Positions held by Green Alliance Party

The Green Alliance Political Party held 9 seats out of 172 in the Chamber of Representatives, 9 seats out of 108 in the Senate. Moreover, the party has three Governors out of 32 and 50 Mayors out of 1102.

Summary

The Green Alliance political party is a well-known party of Colombia. The party is located in the center of the political system. The party was founded in 2005 and is still working. The headquarter of the party is in Bogotá. Luis Carlos Avellaneda and Antonio Sanguino are co-presidents of the Green Alliance party. The party works as per its political ideology.

So overall this was a brief description and detailed history of the Green Alliance political party of Columbia.