National Labour Front Frente Nacional del Trabajo | |
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| Leader | Sergio Onofre Jarpa |
| Founded | 13 December 1985 |
| Dissolved | 29 April 1987 |
| Merged into | National Renewal |
| Headquarters | Santiago de Chile |
| Ideology | Conservatism Nationalism[1] |
| Political position | Right-wing |
TheNational Labour Front (Spanish:Frente Nacional del Trabajo,FNT) was a rightist political party of Chile existent from 1985 to 1987, and led bySergio Onofre Jarpa.
The political movement was publicly presented by the former Interior MinisterSergio Onofre Jarpa on 13 December 1985 at the Feria de Peñuelas (Coquimbo), at which he announced the creation of a "National Workers Front" (Frente Nacional de Trabajadores).[1][2] Jarpa was a former member of theNational Action party and later founder of theNational Party, the formerChristian Democrats Juan De Dios Carmona and William Thayer Arteaga and the former members ofRadical Democracy party, Ángel Faivovich, Germán Picó Cañas and Aquiles Cornejo.[citation needed]
The launch of the newConstitution of 1980 began the constitutional phase of themilitary dictatorship, in which the political world was rearranged and reorganized in terms of supporting the regime or demanding Pinochet’s immediate ouster, either by way peacefully or by force of arms. In these circumstances, both the Chilean political left and the political right were atomized into various parties and movements, with the National Labour Front as one of them. Its stance was critical of the economic policy of the military regime.[3]
On 7 November 1986, the political committee of theSocial Democracy Party decided to merge into the FNT. In August of the same year theSocial Christian Movement also decided to join the FNT.[4]
On 9 January 1987, theNational Union Movement (MUN) of Andrés Allamand made an appeal to theIndependent Democratic Union (UDI) ofJaime Guzmán and the National Labour Front (FNT), led by former Interior Minister Sergio Onofre Jarpa, to form a single right-wing party. Following this, on 8 February proceedings were initiated to formNational Renewal (RN), made its definitive legalization concluded on 29 April 1987.
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