Commitment to Change Compromiso para el Cambio | |
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| Leader | Mauricio Macri |
| President | Mauricio Macri |
| Vice President | Horacio Rodríguez Larreta |
| Founded | 2 April 2003 |
| Dissolved | 1 April 2008 |
| Merged into | Republican Proposal |
| Headquarters | Buenos Aires |
| Ideology | Conservatism[1] |
| Political position | Centre-right[2][3][4] |
| Regional affiliation | Union of Latin American Parties[5] |
| Colours | Blue |
Commitment to Change (Spanish:Compromiso para el Cambio) was acentre-right[6] political party inArgentina, principally active in theCity of Buenos Aires.
The party was led byMauricio Macri, businessman and chairman ofBoca Juniorsfootball club. The party was conceived as a source for new politicians, as the major parties were discredited after theDecember 2001 riots in Argentina.[7] It has been active since he stood to beMayor of Buenos Aires in2003. He won the first round[8] but lost the runoff election with 47% of the popular vote toAníbal Ibarra.[9] The party did however win a large number of members of the city legislature.
In 2003 Commitment to Change also won five seats in theArgentine Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of theArgentine Congress.[8] In 2005 the party teamed up with the centre-right party ofRicardo López Murphy,Recreate for Growth, principally active inBuenos Aires Province. The new alliance was namedRepublican Proposal or usually PRO. The front won nine deputies in the2005 legislative elections. Macri became a deputy in 2005.[10]
Ahead of the2007 elections, Macri and López Murphy have been in discussions withJorge Sobisch, governor ofNeuquén Province and likely presidential candidate in 2007, to create a nationwide centre-right political force. López Murphy has fallen out with Sobisch. Macri withdrew his support to Sobisch after the scandal of the death of the teacher Fuentealba during a demonstration in Neuquen.[11]
On 2 April 2008, Commitment to Change replaced its name toRepublican Proposal.[12] A year later, Recreate for Growth was absorbed by Republican Proposal.
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