Intransigent Party
The Intransigent Party (Spanish: Partido Intransigente) is a political party in Argentina, founded in 1963 by Oscar Alende. Its membership came from the Intransigent Radical Civic Union (Unión Cívica Radical Intransigente), one of the two factions into which the Radical Civic Union had divided in 1956.
- There is also an Intransigent Party in Uruguay, see Intransigent Party.
Intransigent Party Partido Intransigente | |
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| Abbreviation | PI |
| President | Enrique Gustavo Cardesa |
| Founder | Oscar Alende |
| Founded | 24 June 1972 |
| Preceded by | Intransigent Radical Civic Union |
| Headquarters | Buenos Aires |
| Ideology | Populism Kirchnerism Democratic socialism |
| Political position | Centre-left to left-wing |
| National affiliation | Frente de Todos |
| Regional affiliation | COPPPAL Foro de São Paulo[1] |
| Colors | Red, Black |
| Slogan | La izquierda popular en el frente |
| Seats in the Chamber of Deputies | 1 / 257 |
| Seats in the Senate | 0 / 72 |
| Website | |
| www.pi.org.ar | |
History
The party was for a long time allied with Peronism in elections. Alende was presidential candidate in 1963, 1973, and 1983 without much success.
The party had its most successful period in 1985, becoming the third-largest party. It fell into oblivion after allying with the Justicialist Party from 1987.
The party was part of the FrePaSo coalition from the 1990s and entered government in 1999 as part of the Alianza between FrePaSo and the Radical Civic Union that brought Fernando de la Rúa to the presidency. The Alianza collapsed in 2001 and FrePaSo effectively disappeared.
For the 2003 Presidential Election, the Intransigent Party was allied to ARI, the party of Elisa Carrió, supporting her for President, and allowing her to be candidate (because her party did not have members in all the provinces). For 2005 legislative elections, the Intransigent Party allied with the Broad Front, Socialist Party and the Communist Party of Argentina, forming the coalition called Encuentro Amplio.
In 2007, the Party backed the Front for Victory and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner as candidate for President of Argentina.
The party is part of the Frente de Todos coalition supporting the 2019 Argentine presidential candidate Alberto Fernandez during the 2019 Argentine general election.
