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Broad Front Frente Amplio | |
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President | Juan Dionicio Rodríguez Restituyo |
Secretary-General | Heidy Adón Vargas |
Founded | June 14, 1992 |
Ideology | Socialism Progressivism Feminism |
Political position | Left-wing |
Chamber of Deputies | 3 / 190 |
Senate | 0 / 32 |
Website | |
soyfrenteamplio | |
The Broad Front (Spanish : Frente Amplio), previously named the Movement for Independence, Unity and Change (Spanish : Movimiento Independencia, Unidad y Cambio), is a political formation in the Dominican Republic with a leftist-progressive platform. On the May 16th, 2006 parliamentary election it got 9,735 votes (0.32%), but no seats. [1] In the municipal elections held simultaneously, the group had its best performance in Peralvillo (1,271 votes, 16.36%) and Bayaguana (1,274 votes, 10.27%). Virtudes Álvarez has been its leader for some time.
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