Proyecto Dignidad

Project Dignity Proyecto Dignidad
President	Javier Jiménez
Founded	March 24, 2019(2019-03-24)
Headquarters	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Ideology	Christian democracy Anti-corruption Christian right
Political position	Centre-righttoright-wing
Colors	Cyan
Seats in theSenate	1 / 27
Seats in theHouse of Representatives	1 / 51
Municipalities	1 / 78
Seats in theU.S. House	0 / 1
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Website
proyectodignidad.org
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Proyecto Dignidad(lit. 'Project Dignity',PD) is aPuerto Ricanpolitical party founded in 2019.In the2020 general electionit ran on aChristian democraticandanti-corruptionplatform.

History

Project Dignity was first announced on March 24, 2019. On January 22, 2020, the party was officially certified as the 5th political party running in the 2020 general election. Afterwards in May,César Vázquez Muñiz,cardiologist;andAda Norah Henriquez,attorney at law,were nominated forGovernorandResident Commissionerrespectively.

2020

On November 3, 2020, the party contested its firstelection.For the campaign, the party did not run candidates for every office. They opted to run for the governorship and resident commissary, as well as 1 candidate at-large for both legislative chambers.They also ran candidates in some representative and senatorial districts. Similarly, they only had a candidate in the mayoral race forSan Juan,although they had previously certifiedEdgardo Cruz Vélezas candidate forGuánica,who did not win the race as an independent candidate after avote recount.While their candidates for Governor and Resident Commissioner came 5th and 4th respectively, they won 1 at-large seat in both theHouse of RepresentativesandSenate.

Ideology

Project Dignity intends to lead the process of defining thepolitical status of Puerto Ricobut does not endorse a specific territorial option.

The party advocates for declaring pornography a public health issue and imposing restrictions on abortion permitted within the legal framework ofRoe v. Wade.After Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022 by theSupreme Court,the party presented a bill that would limit access to abortions to those pregnant for less than about six weeks.

In the 2021 session, representative Lissie Burgos of the party attempted to introduce a bill to ban the use ofhormone therapyon minors but it was defeated in committee. Additionally, the party also brought in House Bill 764 for review that would restrict athletes to participate in sports teams of their birth assigned gender.

The party's candidate for mayor ofSan Juanin 2020,Nelson Rosario Rodríguez,ran on a self-describedsocial market economymodel, seeking to facilitate market activity while allowing for regulation in cases of negative external effects and to promote his policy agendaSan Juan Somos su gente.

Electoral history

Gubernatorial elections

Election year	PD Candidate	Votes	Vote %	+/-	Outcome of election
2020	César Vázquez Muñiz	85,211	6.90 / 100	6.90%	Lost

Resident Commissioner elections

Election year	PD Candidate	Votes	Vote %	+/-	Outcome of election
2020	Ada Norah Henriquez	94,059	7.84 / 100	7.84%	Lost

Legislative elections

House of Representatives

Election year	# of overall seats won	+/–
2020	1 / 51	1

Senate

Election year	# of overall seats won	+/–
2020	1 / 27	1

Party leaders

César Vázquez Muñiz,founder of PD, president of the party and candidate for governor in 2020.

Ada Norah Henriquez, candidate for resident commissioner in 2020.

Joanne Rodríguez Veve,Senator for PD since 2021.

Lisie Janet Burgos Muñiz,representative for PD since 2021.

Javier Jiménez (mayor),Mayor ofSan Sebastian, PRsince 2005, PD member since 2023.

See also

• Syncretic politics