Accion 21

Action 21 (Papiamento: Accion 21, A21) is an Aruban political party in the centre with its ideology based in liberalism and progressivism. The party's name is derived from its desire to be the party of the 21st century, as well as the fact it contests the 21 seats of the Parliament of Aruba and its first electoral participation was 25 June 2021.^[1]

Action 21 Accion 21
Abbreviation	A21
Leader	Miguel Mansur
Chairperson	Ghislaine Hart
Founders	Miguel Mansur John Chemaly, Jr
Founded	18 December 2020 (2020-12-18)
Headquarters	L.G. Smith Blvd. 120, Oranjestad
Ideology	Liberalism Progressivism
Political position	Centre
Colours	Blue
Parliament of Aruba	1 / 21
Website
accion21.com
Politics of Aruba Political parties Elections

The party was founded on 18 December 2020 by Miguel Mansur, economist and financial expert.^[2] The inspiration for the party originated with an article published 18 July 2020 by Mansur titled, "Status Aparte: The Road to Prosperity or Poverty?"^[3] which questioned the effect of Aruba's self-governing autonomy since 1 January 1986. Its emergence was spurred on by the corona crisis and the uproar over Aruba's autonomy and self-reliance in the context of the reform package supervised by the Caribbean Body for Reform and Development (COHO).^[4][5] The spearheads of the party are the reactivation of the economy, the restructuring of the financial situation of Aruba and government reforms.^[6] It stands for cooperation with the Netherlands and improving relations within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Accion 21 participated with a list of fourteen candidates during the 2021 elections in Aruba.^[7] The party presented a progressive manifesto that championed free enterprise, fiscal reform, LGBT rights, open government, electoral law reform, abortion rights, euthanasia and legalization of cannabis.^[8] The party received 3,410 votes in the 2021 elections and one seat in the eleventh Parliament of Aruba.^[9] Shortly after the elections, three candidates withdrew from the party over internal disagreements.^[10][11] Party leader Miguel Mansur was the highest vote getter of all new political candidates.^[12] The party is currently part of the opposition and continues to advocate for closer ties with the Netherlands, fiscal reform and against abuse of power, corruption and nepotism.^[13]

References

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3. Patrick (2020-07-18). "Status Aparte: Caminda pa prosperidad of pobresa?". 24ora.com. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
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6. . 24ora.com. 1 April 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-05-06. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
7. Elizette (2021-05-07). "Accion 21 a entrega su lista na Censo". 24ora.com. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
8. "Plan di Partido – Accion 21". Retrieved 2022-01-07.
9. dyantha (2021-06-26). "Accion 21 tabata e sorpresa di eleccion 2021". 24ora.com. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
10. 24ora (2021-07-06). "Accion 21 ta perde dos candidato den un dia". 24ora.com. Retrieved 2022-01-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
11. T (2021-07-07). "Cristian Soto Garcia ta retira fo'i Accion 21". 24ora.com. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
12. Rafael (2021-06-29). "Miguel Mansur ta e votegetter entre candidatonan nobo". 24ora.com. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
13. Elizette (2021-12-21). "Miguel Mansur (Accion21): Atakenan den Parlamento no ta hustifica deal entre Eagle LNG y WEB". 24ora.com. Retrieved 2022-01-07.