The Peruvian left unites once again.
| Autor | Jana, Elsa Chanduvi |
| Cargo | Frente Amplio de Izquierda |
After 24 years, the Peruvian left has, once again, regrouped in a new coalition, the Frente Amplio de Izquierda (FAI), through which it will participate in the 2014 municipal and regional elections and the 2016 presidential balloting.
On June 4, at a tribute to the leftist leader and congressional deputy Javier Diez Canseco on the one-month anniversary of his death, leftist organizations promised to make the legislator's challenge to them--a united left--a reality. On June 26, six leftist organizations announced the formation of the FAI.
"We address our people at a moment of sorrow and, at the same time, hope. The life of companero Javier Diez Canseco--a long-time leader of our political tradition--leaves us a lesson and a challenge: the lesson of a clean trajectory in the commitment to and the struggle for social transformation and against corruption; the challenge of the unity of all the left to bring together the democratic forces that long for a new Peru," said the heading of the public statement announcing the formation of the new coalition.
"We are promoting the formation of a very important, unified, and broad-based political entity that brings together political parties, leaders and members of movements and social organizations, and thousands of citizens as a real alternative of government for a change in democracy. The only ones for whom there is no room in this project are those whose hands are stained with blood and corruption," said the statement.
The coalition includes Fuerza Social (FS), the party of Lima Mayor Susana Villaran; Tierra y Libertad (TyL); the Partido Comunista Peruano (PCP); the Partido Socialista (PS), in which Diez Canseco was an activist; the collective Ciudadanos por el Cambio (CxC); and Movimiento de Afirmacion Social (MAS).
"This unity is emerging 24 years after Izquierda Unida (1980-1989). Not only is it unity with electoral aims, it is a long-term political project," Julio Castro Gomez, PS secretary-general, told the press.
Of the six political organizations that make up the FAI, only TyL is recognized by the Jurado Nacional de Elecciones (JNE), and it has therefore put its registration at the disposition of the FAI. The Peruvian left today represents less than 3% of the popular vote nationally, after having been, in the 1980s, the second-largest political force in Peru.
Marco Arana, an ex-priest and TyL leader, recognized the diverse positions among members of the new coalition. "A debate exists within...
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