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17-525: The PRSC is strongly associated with Balaguer, who was the presidential candidate of the PRSC and its predecessor party in all but one election between 1966 and 2000. The party was often in power during this period, but declined rapidly following Balaguer's death in 2002. After the mid-2000s the party was relegated to being a junior partner of the PRD or PLD, and ceased running a presidential candidate in 2012. The PRSC

34-411: A call to all the officials of his current who held elective positions and who had obtained a candidacy in the elections of October 2019 that they maintained their positions and did not resign from the party, so that they made opposition from within the same organization. Originally the political movement was called "The People's Force" as the slogan Leonel Fernández used to catalog his followers during

51-684: A change approved by the Central Electoral Board on December 17 of that year. Leonel Fernández presented his pre-candidacy for the presidency of the Dominican Republic in early 2018 with the intention of competing within his party in the simultaneous primary elections of October 2019. During this process he made strong attacks on his party partner and former president of the Dominican Republic Danilo Medina urging him to desist from seeking

68-459: A distant third place with less than 5% of the votes. In the 2010 legislative elections , the party had a partial alliance with the PLD in almost all provinces and won 4 senators (3 within the alliance) and 8 deputies (5 within the alliance). The PRSC supported the PLD candidate in the 2012 presidential elections , which was the first time the party did not run its own candidate. The party allied with

85-624: A group of exiles that included Alfonso Moreno Martinez, Mario Read Vittini, and Caonabo Javier Castillo. The new party was named the Social Christian Reformist Party ( Partido Reformista Social Cristiano , also PRSC). It was dominated by Balaguer's personality and lacked a coherent strategy or philosophy other than his conservative tendencies. The party won the presidency and both houses of Congress in 1986 , and more modest victories in 1990 and 1994 . The PRSC declined rapidly following Balaguer's death in 2002. After

102-694: A military coup, and by 1965 the country fell into civil war . Balaguer created the Reformist Party ( Spanish : Partido Reformista ) and returned with the backing of the United States (which occupied the country) for the 1966 general election. The Reformist Party's ideology and doctrine was largely undefined, following Balaguer's orders. Balaguer campaigned as a moderate conservative, advocating gradual reforms. The party remained in power through three presidential terms (1966–1978) known domestically as "The Twelve Years". After falling from power in

119-410: A third consecutive term by re-election and to avoid attempting to modify the constitution, a situation that came to be glimpsed in the national congress but did not materialize given the political and social pressure that existed in that moment. The peak of this process would be reached when Leonel Fernández held a massive protest in front of the national congress, formalizing an important division within

136-614: Is a political party in the Dominican Republic led by former President Leonel Fernández . After fierce results and amid accusations of electoral fraud in the primary elections of October 2019, Leonel Fernández resigned from the presidency and militancy of the Dominican Liberation Party . Later, the already established Dominican Workers' Party welcomed him and agreed to change its name to "People's Force" and have Fernández as their presidential candidate,

153-650: The 1978 elections , Balaguer sought to integrate christian democratic theory into the party, and consulted with the Venezuelan Social Christian Party . In 1985, the Reformists merged with the Social Christian Revolutionary Party ( Partido Revolucionario Social Cristiano , PRSC), which had lost official party eligibility due to poor performance in the 1978 elections. The PRSC had been founded in 1962 by

170-771: The People's Force party in the 2020 elections . The PRSC has attempted to reorganize itself with internal party discipline, reforming its management bodies, recruiting younger people, and attempting to expand its direct enrolment. They have had strong internal struggles, but they have proven to be an organization that achieves consensus, integration and the unity of the members who follow internal party discipline. in alliance with MNJ in alliance with PQD and PNVC in alliance with PDP in alliance with PQD in alliance with PPC as part of GNA in alliance with FP PRSC People%27s Force The People's Force ( Spanish : Fuerza del Pueblo , FP )

187-575: The Dominican Liberation Party. After President Danilo Medina gave up on choosing a third term and modifying the constitution, he presented himself to the Minister of Public Works and a close collaborator of Danilo Medina as a pre-candidate for the presidency with the backing of the current president, this generated internal friction. Finally, Fernández was defeated with a narrow margin before Gonzalo Castillo, to which he called

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204-401: The country from sliding into civil war between the communists and the trujillistas . Balaguer headed an internationally recognized caretaker Council of State in 1962 but resigned when the military opened fire upon demonstrators. A military coup d'état followed and Balaguer went into exile. Juan Bosch became the first freely elected president in 1962, but was overthrown several months later in

221-613: The electoral contest "fraud" followed by several protests, televised addresses and challenges to the Central Electoral Board without finally presenting evidence or formal complaint of the various theories and accusations he made. Ultimately, this would lead Fernández to resign from the presidency of the Dominican Liberation Party and its militancy, where he had been for more than 46 years. Along with him, hundreds of militants and dozens of public officials, including deputies and senators, resigned, although he finally made

238-745: The mid-2000s the party was relegated to being a junior partner of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) or the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD). The party formed an alliance with the Modern Revolutionary Party , the Grand National Alliance and others for the 2006 elections , taking a distant third place. The party supported the Dominican Municipal League candidate in the 2008 presidential election , who came in

255-722: The name and for the colors and symbols. On December 17, the JCE approved the name change of the Dominican Workers' Party to People's Force. The People's Force has been strengthened mainly by the militants of the Dominican Liberation Party who continue to transfer to the new organisation, creating a scenario in which the two parties are vying for the title of second majority in the Senate. Quisqueyano Christian Democratic Party The Quisqueyano Christian Democratic Party ( Spanish : Partido Quisqueyano Demócrata Cristiano )

272-425: The pre-electoral contest. Later, after the acquisition of the minority "Dominican Workers Party", this political organization submitted a request to the Central Electoral Board to change the name to "People's Force" using green colors and symbols alluding to vegetation or flowers. During a public hearing, the entity learned about these changes, receiving various rejections from political parties and individuals, both for

289-431: Was in an alliance with the People's Force party in the 2020 presidential elections, and won six seats in the senate and six in the chamber of deputies. Long-time politician Joaquín Balaguer was the last figurehead president of Rafael Trujillo 's dictatorship (1930–1961) in the Dominican Republic . Following Trujillo's assassination, Balaguer struggled to enact reforms and repair international relations while preventing

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