Humanist Party of Guatemala

Humanist Party of Guatemala Partido Humanista de Guatemala
Abbreviation	PHG
Leader	Rudio Lecsan Mérida
Secretary-General	Rudio Lecsan Mérida
Founded	17 January 2017
Legalised	10 October 2018
Dissolved	8 January 2024[1]
Ideology	Humanism
Political position	Right-wing[2]
Colors	Blue
Seats in Congress	0 / 160
Website
https://partidohumanistaguate.org/
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The Humanist Party of Guatemala was a political party in Guatemala.^[3]

History

The Humanist Party was registered before the Supreme Electoral Tribunal on January 17, 2017. Its general secretary is Rudio Lecsan Mérida, former director of the National Civil Police during the government of Alfonso Portillo, and a former leader of the Humanist Party was the Guatemalan diplomat and politician Edmond Mulet. The process of constituting the party ended on January 16, 2019. It has more than 23,840 members.^[4][5][6][7] In September 2018, the political organization completed the requirements and was made an official political party in the same month.

The party supports the withdrawal of Guatemala from the Central American Parliament.

In January 2020, the Humanist Party declared itself "in opposition" to the government of Alejandro Giammattei, but within a few months the party became part of the ruling coalition. Mulet denounced the act and resigned his membership of the party.^[8]

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election	Candidates		First round		Second round		Status
	President	Vice President	Votes	%	Votes	%
2019	Edmond Mulet	Jorge Pérez	493,710	11.28 (#3)	—	—	Lost N
2023	Rudio Lecsan Mérida	Rubén Darío Rosales	34,285	0.76 (#18)	—	—	Lost N

Legislative elections

Election	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Status
2019	188,234	4.67 (#8)	6 / 160	New	External support
2023	61,564	1.48 (#18)	0 / 160	6	Extra-parliamentary

References

1. "¡Quedan fuera! TSE cancela 11 partidos políticos". Soy502 (in Spanish). 8 January 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
2. "Elecciones en Guatemala: el sistema se resiste pese al ascenso del voto de castigo y anti-élite" (in Spanish). Elcano Royal Institute. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
3. TSE
4. "Diez grupos sueñan con ser partidos políticos – Crónica". Archived from the original on 2018-07-28. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
5. de Portillo, Ana (23 July 2017). "Conozca la oferta electoral que podríamos tener en el 2019".
6. "Movimiento Humanista Democrático (MHD) - Guatemala". www.kas.de. 25 January 2012.
7. "Los partidos, los candidatos y mi candidato (VIII parte)". 30 June 2018. Archived from the original on 25 June 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
8. "Cabal: el partido en formación del expresidenciable Edmond Mulet". Soy502 (in Spanish). 27 November 2020.

External links

• Plan for Governing^{[permanent dead link‍]}