Proyecto Dignidad
Project Dignity Proyecto Dignidad | |
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President | Javier Jiménez |
General Secretary | Ellyam Verónica Martínez González |
Spokesperson | Joanne Rodríguez Veve |
Founded | March 24, 2019 |
Headquarters | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Ideology | Christian democracy[1] Anti-corruption[2] Social conservatism Conservatism Ethnic religion Right-wing populism[3][4] |
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 |
Election symbol | |
Website | |
proyectodignidad.org | |
Proyecto Dignidad(lit. 'Project Dignity',PD) is aPuerto Ricanpolitical party founded in 2019.[5]In the2020 general electionit ran on aChristian democratic[1]andanti-corruption[2]platform.
History
[edit]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.[5]
2020
[edit]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.[6]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.[7]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
[edit]Project Dignity intends to lead the process of defining thepolitical status of Puerto Ricobut does not endorse a specific territorial option.[8]
The party advocates for declaring pornography a public health issue and imposing restrictions on abortion permitted within the legal framework ofRoe v. Wade.[9]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.[4]
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.[10] 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.[11]
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.[12]
Both theirResident commissioner candidateViviana Ramírez Morales[13]andgubernatorial candidatesin2024Javier Jiménez have endorsedDonald Trumpin the2024 presidential election.[14]
Electoral history
[edit]Gubernatorial elections
[edit]Election year | PD Candidate | Votes | Vote % | +/- | Outcome of election |
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2020 | César Vázquez Muñiz | 85,211 | 6.90 / 100
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6.90% | Lost |
2024 | Javier Jiménez Pérez | 0 / 100
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Resident Commissioner elections
[edit]Election year | PD Candidate | Votes | Vote % | +/- | Outcome of election |
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2020 | Ada Norah Henriquez | 94,059 | 7.84 / 100
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7.84% | Lost |
2024 | Viviana Ramírez Morales | 0 / 100
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Legislative elections
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Party leaders
[edit]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 ofSan Sebastián, Puerto Ricosince 2005, PD member since 2023.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ab"Declaración de Principios".Proyecto Dignidad(in Spanish).Retrieved2020-09-29.
- ^ab"Implementar un Gobierno de Integridad, Confiabilidad y Honestidad".Proyecto Dignidad(in Spanish).Retrieved2020-09-29.
- ^"Puerto Rico Should Pay Attention to French Elections (OPINION)".Latino Rebels.19 April 2022.
- ^abMazzei, Patricia (17 September 2022)."Abortion realigning Puerto Rico politics, helping conservatives".Santa Fe New Mexican.Santa Fe.Retrieved22 September2022.
- ^ab"Historia".Proyecto Dignidad(in Spanish).Retrieved2020-09-29.
- ^"Legisladores por Acumulación".Proyecto Dignidad(in Spanish).Retrieved2020-11-10.
- ^"De la milicia a la batalla por Guánica".Primera Hora.8 November 2020.Retrieved2020-11-10.
- ^"Plataforma 29: El Estatus de Puerto Rico".Proyecto Dignidad(in Spanish).Retrieved2021-06-05.
- ^"Protección de la Dignidad e Integridad de la Vida y el Fortalecimiento de la Familia".Proyecto Dignidad(in Spanish).Retrieved2021-06-05.
- ^"Derrotan en comisión el proyecto que prohibía los tratamientos hormonales a menores"[Bill to prohibit hormone therapy on minors defeated in commission].El Nuevo Día(in Spanish). 2021-06-08.Retrieved2021-06-08.
- ^Reichard, Raquel (4 June 2021)."The Lives Of LGBTQ+ Youth In Puerto Rico Are In Danger — More Than Ever".Refinery29.Retrieved22 November2022.
- ^"Proyecto Dignidad presenta su plataforma económica para San Juan".Metro.pr(in Spanish). 16 September 2020.Retrieved17 November2022.
- ^"Decisión 2024:" Trump ha sido bien sincero con el gobierno de Puerto Rico "".WAPA-TV(in Spanish). August 25, 2024.RetrievedSeptember 4,2024.
- ^"El alcalde de San Sebastián respalda a Donald Trump".Ey Boricua(in Spanish). January 29, 2024.RetrievedSeptember 4,2024.