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Citizens' Victory Movement Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana | |
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| Chief coordinator | Eva Prados[1] |
| Founded | March 11, 2019; 6 years ago (2019-03-11) |
| Headquarters | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Youth wing | La Jota MVC |
| Ideology | Anti-colonialism[1] Anti-corruption Anti-neoliberalism[1] Environmentalism Progressivism[1] Social democracy Puerto Rican Independence |
| Political position | Left-wing[1] |
| National affiliation | Alianza de País |
| Colors | Gold Black |
| Seats in theSenate | 0 / 27 |
| Seats in theHouse of Representatives | 0 / 51 |
| Municipalities (Mayors) | 0 / 78 |
| Seats in theU.S. House | 0 / 1 |
| Website | |
| www.mvc.pr | |
Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana (English:Citizens' Victory Movement, generally abbreviated asMVC) is aPuerto Rican political party founded in 2019. It ran in the2020 and2024 Puerto Rican general elections on an anti-colonial platform, proposing aconstitutional assembly to determine a final decision regarding the relationship between theUnited States andPuerto Rico.
TheMovimiento Victoria Ciudadana was a result of an attempt by some minority parties, such as theMovimiento Unión Soberanista (MUS) and theWorking People's Party (PPT), political organizations, namely theHostosian National Independence Movement (MINH), and other prominent political figures, to establish an "ample front", with conversations predatingHurricane Maria.[2] Notable individuals who advocated for its formation wereAna Irma Rivera Lassén, former-president of theBar Association of Puerto Rico, then-independent Representative,Manuel Natal Albelo,Claridad-publisher and urban planner José "Tato" Rivera Santana, and union leader Roberto Pagán.[2] Additionally, early proponents included former-gubernatorial candidates, who wereAlexandra Lúgaro, who ran under an independent ticket in the2016 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election, receiving 11.13% of votes, andRafael Bernabe Riefkohl, who ran in the2012 and 2016 gubernatorial elections, running under the PPT and receiving 0.098% and 0.034% votes, respectively.[3]
On Tuesday, March 5, 2019, Rivera Lassén, registered the party logo as well as the intention of forming a new party at thePuerto Rico State Commission on Elections.[3] Rivera Lassén submitted the sworn declaration, however, the domain name was registered by a company incorporated by Lúgaro and her mother.[2] When made public, the party logo generated controversy, due to its similarity to the one used by theUnited Socialist Party of Venezuela.[4] Afterwards, the social media accounts of people linked, most of whom hailed from theindependence andsovereign movements, to the party started replacing the logo on their social media'sprofile pictures.[3] The announcement of the formation of the party was welcomed by then-Governor of Puerto Rico,Ricardo Rosselló, in stark contrast with then-President of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD),Aníbal José Torres, who had previously stated that the PPD was the only party that could "face the "monster" of the [PNP]."[5] Nevertheless, early on, the MVC had not made public which individuals would be chosen as future candidates for the 2020 elections, instead concentrating on collecting the close to sixty-thousand signatures needed to become a registered party.[2] Early supporters, who tended to publish the party logo on their social media as an expression of their endorsement, included Larry Emil Alicea Rodríguez, former-president of the Puerto Rico Professional Social Workers College, lawyer and2016 PPT candidate forResident CommissionerMariana Nogales Molinelli, as well as political sciences professor and author, Manuel S. Almeida.[2]
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 Lanzamiento del Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana [Launch of the Citizen Victory Movement] (11-mar-2019) onFacebook |
Prior to the constituting assembly, PNP representativeJorge "Georgie" Navarro Alicea, alleged that then-mayor of San Juan,Carmen Yulín Cruz (PPD), "would mobilize municipal resources and employees [that] night" to the assembly, to be held at theTeatro Tapia, owned by the municipal government of San Juan. Yulín Cruz, who had been strongly suspected of her intent to join the MVC, inquired at what time he had stated that and if he was in a drunken state. Additionally, she confirmed that she had accepted meetings with the MVC and expressed her support for new political movements, even though she would not be joining them.[6]
At an assembly held at 7:00 p.m. in the Teatro Tapia inOld San Juan on Monday, March 11, 2019, the party was founded.[3] The ceremony, which was moderated by Rivera Lassen,[7] wasstanding-room only and some people had to be left out.[8] The doors opened at 6:30 p.m., and the queue "extended beyond the sidewalk." Attendees received a document titled "Citizen Victory Urgent Agenda", which included part of the party platform and a summary of the purpose of the party.[9] After the ceremony, in which Rivera Lassen and Lúgaro on stage, the leaders of the newly-formed party, which included Bernabe Riefkhol, Natal Albelo, held a press conference, in which Lúgaro rejected the idea of a "wasted vote," with Rivera Lassen stating that "[a] vote for [MVC] is a vote for the future of Puerto Rico" and Natal Albelo commenting that "in this movement, the action counts, not the reaction."[10]
At its founding assembly, the party platform stated that the MVC was founded "to attend to three urgent duties of our time:" fighting corruption and restoring Puerto Rico's governmental institutions; promoting social, economic, and fiscal reconstruction; and decolonization of Puerto Rico.[9][10][11] MVC also calls for a constitutional assembly to choose a decolonization plan that results in statehood, full independence, or a free association status with the United States.[12] In economic terms, the party's platform known as the "Urgent Agenda" places emphasis on strengtheninglabor rights and opposingprivatization.[1] The 2019Telegramgate scandal that implicated the rulingNew Progressive Party helped define the focus of the MVC on government reform.[13]
| Year | Candidate | Votes | % | +/- | Result |
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| 2020 | Alexandra Lúgaro Aponte | 175,583 | 14.21 / 100 |  3.08% | 3rd |
| 2024 | Javier Córdova Iturregui (paper candidate) | 1,522 | 0.12 / 100 |  14.09% | 5th |
| Year | Candidate | Votes | % | +/- | Result |
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| 2020 | Zayira Jordán Conde | 154,751 | 12.89 / 100 | 12.89% | 3rd |
| 2024 | Ana Irma Rivera Lassén | 115,710 | 9.48 / 100 | 3.41% | 3rd |
| Year | Seats | +/– |
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| 2020 | 2 / 51 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 / 51 | 2 |
| Year | Seats | +/– |
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| 2020 | 2 / 27 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 / 27 | 2 |
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