Patriot Front (Argentina)
Patriot Front (Spanish: Frente Patriótico) is an far-right ultranationalist Argentine political party formed by the fusion of Bandera Vecinal and Gente en Acción. The political party have been described as a fascist, antisemitist and militarist ultra-radical political party. Its leader is Alejandro Biondini, a far-right politician with neo-nazi tendencies.
Patriotic Front Frente Patriota | |
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Abbreviation | BV |
President | Alejandro Biondini |
Vicepresident | Enrique Venturino |
Founded | 14 June 2017 (as an electoral alliance) 27 November 2018 (as a political party) |
Headquarters | Rivadavia Avenue 8811, Buenos Aires |
Youth wing | Juventud Nacionalista Darwin Passaponti |
Membership (2018) | 7,944 (2019)[1] |
Ideology | |
Political position | Far-right - alt-right |
Colors | Light blue white |
Slogan | Nacionalismo o más de lo mismo (Nationalism or more of the same) |
Seats in the Senate | 0 / 72
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Seats in the Chamber of Deputies | 0 / 257
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Province Governors | 0 / 24
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Website | |
frentepatriota | |
History
It was officialized by the Court Supreme as a political alliance in 2017, after the union of his two previous radical parties. It had a heavy controversy during 2017 Argentine legislative election in which the party was criticized because of recibing 20 millions of pesos for ballot print, but the National Electoral Council decided to decrease his funds, however the party printed all their ballots and presented their candidates anyways. Patriot Front took the case to the Jury and finally, the Court revoked the council's decision in favor of Biondini. In those elections, they gained 4.100 votes in Buenos Aires, and 28.500 votes in the province of Buenos Aires for national deputies and 31.500 for national senators.
Ideology
The Patriotic Front has a far-right and fascist ideology. They have been criticized by wide parts of the population, mainly because its stance to the ongoing abortion question, Biondini's anti-Zionist opinion among the big Jewish part of the population, their society change proposal, instauring a patriarchal society, similar to the utopia pretended by the Nazi party; reinstauration of the conscription and the civilian faith on the military, broken since many parts of the population have a miserable opinion on the military and a reckless conception of freedom, product of the National Reorganization Process, governed by the military during 1976 until 1982.
They have an online manifesto, which explains the ideology, their doctrines and their proposals. The party is conformed by seven principles: faith, discipline, loyalty, solidarity, discretion, patience and happiness, which it indicates that those principles are essential to Argentina's growth and ten proposals. They have an ambitious aggressive foreign policy that includes having good relations with their neighbours, except for Chile. They defend their integrity with the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) severing diplomatic relations with United Kingdom, Chile and Israel, expelling all diplomatic personal and missions of both countries, having effect after the ending of the usurpation of the islands. They don't recognize the Treaty of Madrid, which neutralize any material positions of UK and Argentina, they defend their sovereign of the Argentine Antarctica and have a harsh stance of any form of colonialism and human right violations around the world.
Presidential results
For 2019 Argentine general election, the Patriot Front presented Biondini as pre-candidate for president and Enrique Venturino as pre-candidate for Vicepresident, but during primary elections they obtained 0.24% in the country, having 58,944 in total voters. Having failed to have 1.5% of the required, they were disqualified to continue the general elections.
References
- Cámara Nacional Electoral, ed. (2016). "Estadística de Afiliados. Primer Semestre 2016" (PDF).
- Helena Smith; Patrick Kingsley (8 April 2016). "Greece resumes migrant deportations to Turkey". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 April 2016.