National Opinion (political party Venezuela)
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National Opinion Opinión Nacional | |
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| Abbreviation | OPINA |
| President | José Antonio Araújo |
| Founded | 1962 |
| Parlamento Latinoamericano | 0 / 12
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| Asamblea Nacional | 0 / 167
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| Governors | 0 / 23
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| Mayors | 0 / 335
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| Ideology | Conservatism Liberalism Liberal Conservatism Federalism Republicanism |
| Political position | Right |
| Colors | Dark Brown |
| Coalition | Democratic Alliance |
| Website | |
| opina.org.ve | |
National Opinion (Spanish: Opinión Nacional, OPINA) is a rightist Venezuelan political party, with conservative tendencies, founded in 1962.
Currently they are prohibited from participating in elections.
History[edit]
It is a political party originally of centrist tendencies founded in 1962, by the professor and journalist Amado Cornielles along with Doctor Ramón Urdaneta, the professor Ángel Otilio Tovar, the statistics licensed Vicente Pineda, the professor Olga Ramos, the high school graduate Santiago Peña, union-member Pedro Fajardo and six other people. It was began looking to capture interest of nationalist and popular sectors in order to take advantage of the disappointment with the parties Democratic Action and COPEI.
Their inspiration came from the ideology of Simón Bolívar, adapted to the realities of the time and the social betterment for workers, claims over national territories, and generally the establishment of a collective good
OPINA obtained parlementary representation in the years 1963, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988 and 1993 in 7 consecutive periods and representation in the older Supreme Electoral Council. However, they had not managed to reach direct governing. Most of their followers were concentrated in Caracas and in the states of Miranda, Zulia, Carabobo, Anzoátegui, Portuguesa, Monagas and Mérida.
During their second to last age the party began to consider itself independent and decided not to participate in the presidential elections of the years 2000, 2006, 2012 y 2013. They historically have maintained a position of questioning forms of State conduct marked by inefficiency and corruption.
Between the years 2018 and 2019 they passed through a renovation process,[1] now presenting as a more rightist party based on political conservatism and economic liberalism. Currently the party is prohibited by the National Electoral Council from participating in electoral processes, but they await the assignment of their ticket to participate in electoral processes
Their president is José Antonio Araújo.
Their general secretary is is Rómulo García (Named secretary by a junta after the death of Hermes Guerrero, who was the predecessor previously).
Their national coordinator is Irwing Ríos.
Their juvenile national secretary is Lion Anillo.
Electoral Results[edit]
Presidential elections[edit]
Legend:
| Year | Candidate | Votes | % | Position | Winner? | Observation |
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| 1963 | Arturo Uslar Pietri | Bajo la tarjeta del IPFN | Fourth | |||
| 1968 | Luis Beltrán Pietro Figueroa | 5 512 | 0.15% |
Fourth | ||
| 1973 | Miguel Ángel Burelli Rivas | 33 977 | 0.78% |
Sixth | ||
| 1978 | Luis Herrera Campins | 7 076 | 0.13% |
First | Originally they ran with Renny Ottolina, but with her death they supported Luis Herrera. | |
| 1983 | Jorge Olavarría | 32 254 | 0.48% |
Fifth | ||
| 1988 | Gastón Guisandes | 10 759 | 0.15% |
Nineth | ||
| 1993 | Candidate not presented | |||||
| 1998 | Ignacio Quintana | 1 256 | 0.02% |
Eleventh | Renounced in favor of the candidacy of Hugo Chávez | |
| 2000 | Candidate not presented | |||||
| 2006 | ||||||
| 2012 | ||||||
| 2013 | ||||||
| 2018 | ||||||
Also see[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Comunicado del 7 de enero de 2019". Archived from the original on 2019-04-22. Retrieved 2024-02-28. Unknown parameter
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