Popular Will

Popular Will (Spanish: Voluntad Popular, abbr. VP) is a political party in Venezuela founded by former Mayor of Chacao, Leopoldo López, who is its national co-ordinator. The party previously held 14 out of 167 seats in the Venezuelan National Assembly, the country's parliament, and is a member of the Democratic Unity Roundtable, the electoral coalition that held a plurality in the National Assembly between 2015 and 2020. The party describes itself as progressive and social-democratic, and was admitted into the Socialist International in December 2014.The party was formed in reaction to complaints of infringements of individual freedom and human rights on the part of the government of the Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez and his successor, Nicolás Maduro. The party attempts to bring together Venezuelans of various backgrounds who consider Chavismo oppressive and authoritarian. Popular Will self-identifies itself as "a pluralist and democratic movement" that is committed to "progress", which it defines as the realization of "the social, economic, political, and human rights of every Venezuelan." The party says its "fundamental pillars" are progress, democracy, and social action.

Popular Will
Voluntad Popular
AbbreviationVP
LeaderLeopoldo López (elected)
Founded5 December 2009 (2009-12-05)
Split fromPrimero Justicia
Ideology
Political positionCenter-left to center-right
National affiliationUnitary Platform
International affiliationSocialist International
ColoursOrange
Seats in the National Assembly
0 / 277
Seats in the Latin American Parliament
2 / 12
Seats in the Mercosur Parliament
3 / 23
Governors
0 / 23
Mayors
15 / 337
Website
www.voluntadpopular.com

In 2020, the Supreme Tribunal of Justice of Venezuela suspended the party's directive board, appointing an ad hoc board presided by José Gregorio Noriega.

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