Citizen's Unity

Citizen's Unity
Citizen's Unity; Unidad Ciudadana
Leader	Cristina Fernández
Founded	20 June 2017
Split from	Front for Victory
Headquarters	Buenos Aires
Ideology	Kirchnerism
Political position	Centre-left
Members	Broad Front (Argentina); Partido de la Victoria; Communist Party of Argentina; Communist Party of Argentina (Extraordinary Congress); Kolina; Federal Commitment; Nuevo Encuentro; Movimiento Nacional Alfonsinista; Partido Solidario; Unidad Socialista para la Victoria
Senate	9 / 72
Chamber of Deputies	64 / 257
Governors	3 / 24
Website
	www.unidadciudadana.org
	Politics of Argentina; Political parties; Elections;

Citizen's Unity (Spanish: Unidad Ciudadana) is the common name of several electoral coalitions for the Argentine 2017 midterm elections in the provinces of Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Córdoba -called Córdoba Citizen's Front-, Misiones, Neuquén, Entre Ríos and Autonomous City of Buenos Aires -as part of the "Porteña" Unity Front.

Creation

After finishing her second term, former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner proposed the creation of a coalition of forces opposing Mauricio Macri's ruling party. By her own words, the coalition was created to «unite the citizens in order to limit (the power of) the President Mauricio Macri and to avoid the elimination of the social rights acquired (during the past administrations)».

Another concern was the conduct of several legislators elected under the former Front for the Victory (Spanish: Frente para la Victoria) of approving the laws passed by President Macri's party. The proposal is to guarantee that no legislator elected could vote laws against the Citizen's Unity political program.

The name of the party was contested by a minor local party, the "Agrupación Vecinal Unidad Ciudadana", on the grounds that it is similar to their own one.^[1]

Member parties

Broad Front
Federal Commitment
Kolina
Nuevo Encuentro
Partido de la Victoria

References

↑ "Un partido vecinal de La Plata impugnó por similitud el nombre adoptado por el frente liderado por Cristina Kirchner" [A local party from La Plata contested the similarity of the name taken by the front led by Cristina Kirchner] (in Spanish). La Nación. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.

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[1] "Un partido vecinal de La Plata impugnó por similitud el nombre adoptado por el frente liderado por Cristina Kirchner" [A local party from La Plata contested the similarity of the name taken by the front led by Cristina Kirchner] (in Spanish). La Nación. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.