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Fair Free Colombia Colombia Justa Libres | |
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| Abbreviation | CJL |
| President | Ricardo Arias Mora |
| General Secretary | José Fernando García Gómez |
| Founded | 11 December 2017 (2017-12-11) |
| Merger of | Colombia Justa, Libres |
| Youth wing | RUGE! |
| Ideology | Conservatism Christian democracy Christian right Agrarianism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| National affiliation | Nos Une Colombia |
| Slogan | «Let's do it together!» (Spanish:«¡Hagámoslo Juntos!») |
| Seats in theChamber of Representatives | 0 / 188 |
| Seats in theSenate | 1 / 108 |
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Colombia Justa Libres (English: Fair Free Colombia;CJL) is a right-wing Colombianpolitical party founded in 2017 that groups the majority ofevangelical denominations in the country together. This includes, among others,Assemblies of God,Foursquare Church, Peace Mission to the Nations, and Spring of Eternal Life.[1][2][3] During the2018 Colombian parliamentary election, four of its members were elected to theCongress of Colombia. After the2022 legislative election, the party formed the Nos Une Colombia coalition with theMIRA. It has the slogan "Let's do it together!" and a youth wing known as "RUGE!".
The party adheres toconservatism in theanti-abortion framework with right-wing Christian democratic principles. It also adheres to a few Agrarian ideas.[4][5]
Colombia Justa Libres emerged from a merger of two political movements:
Colombia Justa andLibres subsequently constituted to be an influential group of citizens:Colombia Justa Libres on 11 December 2017.[10] The2018 Colombian parliamentary election obtained 431,506 votes, 3%, which is necessary to constitute itself as a political party, achieving three senators and one representative.[11]
During the 2019 local elections, they supported the candidate at the time,Miguel Uribe Turbay, and obtained two seats in theBogotá council.[citation needed]
In 2021, a conflict between the party's leadership occurred upon the resignation of Pastor Eduardo Cañas, whose position was filled by another of the directors: John Milton Rodríguez. This violated the party's statutes, as the Council of Elders intended to choose his replacement. Subsequently, Rodríguez, who faced no official opposition, with the permission of the party Supervisor Héctor Pardo, held a parallel assembly designating himself as the presidential candidate of the party, which was opposed by the other members, mainly Ricardo Arias Mora, another presidential candidate of the party, and Pardo, who later resigned from office. Arias led a lawsuit about this before the Electoral Council.[12] The case succeeded, and on 15 February 2022, the National Electoral Council revoked Rodríguez's presidential candidacy application. However, two months later, on 21 April, the Electoral Council decided to allow Rodríguez to compete as a presidential candidate because the legitimate authorities granted the application".[12]
| Year | Senate | House of Representatives | ||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |
| 2018 | 463 521 | 2.81% | 3 / 108 | 431 506 | 2.81% | 1 / 172 |
| 2022 (In coalition withMIRA) | 578 195 | 3.18% | 4 / 108 | 289 959 | 1.77% | 1 / 188 |
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In September 2021, the directors and members of Congress of Colombia Justa Libres agreed with theMIRA party to present joint lists to the Senate and the Chamber in more than seven departments or constituencies, calling it the Nos Une Colombia coalition. It seeks to promote and defend religious freedom in Colombia using elected members of Congress.
