Neighbors' Alternative
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Neighbors' Alternative (Galician: Alternativa dos Veciños; AV) is a left-wing political party active in the Comarca of A Coruña, Galicia.
Neighbors' Alternative Alternativa dos Veciños | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Ángel "Gelo" García Seoane |
| Founded | 1979 |
| Merger of | Various local neighbor associations |
| Ideology | Socialism Participative democracy Galicianism Anti-imperialism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Provincial deputation of A Coruña | 1 / 31 |
| Mayors[1] | 2 / 93 |
| Municipal councils (Province of A Coruña) | 28 / 1,239 |
| Website | |
| alternativadosvecinos.org | |
History edit
The party was formed in 1979 by citizen associations of the 9 parroquias of Oleiros to run for the 1979 local elections (the first democratic ones since the Spanish Second Republic in the 1930s). The associations considered that the municipality had chronic problems of pollution, lack of schools, lack of urban planning and privatization of public services.[2] AV won a landslide, with 4,113 votes (65.81% of the total) in the election. José Luis Martínez Suárez became the mayor of the municipality. In the 1983 elections the party suffered a setback, gaining only 5 seats and losing the mayor to the Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG). AV won the elections again in 1987, and has won every single municipal election in Oleiros since then. Ángel "Gelo" García Seoane has been the mayor of the municipality since 2003. Between 1996 and 2003 the mayor was Esther Pita Pita (Seona was disqualified to hold public office during those years).[3] Seoane had also been the mayor between 1987 and 1995. Prior to the 2015 local elections the party expanded its presence outside of Oleiros, to all the Comarca of A Coruña. In those elections AV presented lists in 3 municipalities: Culleredo (won 3 seats), Arteixo (no representation) and A Coruña (no representation).[4] AV wants to expand its presence to more municipalities before the 2019 municipal elections.[5]
Ideology and government edit
The ideology of the party is based on left-wing politics and direct democracy. AV also supports anti-imperialist movements in Latin America (mainly the Cuban revolution) and Palestine.[6][7][8] The mayor of Oleiros is supporter of Fidel Castro,[9] that was declared an honorary councilor of the municipality in 1984,[10] and the municipality has a statue of Che Guevara.
Oleiros is also known for its urban planning, with a wide range of social services and public facilities: gyms and swimming pools, a network of libraries, centers for the elderly, playgrounds, green spaces, auditoriums, houses of municipal property that are given free to neighbors to organize parties and birthdays and artificial turf football fields.[11] Oleiros has the higher indexes of social housing and green spaces per inhabitant of all Galicia.[12][13]
Organization edit
AV has a Monitoring Committee, an Executive Committee and permanent councils in the 9 parishes of the municipality. The party has a system of primary elections in which candidates are previously chosen by the parish assemblies of the party, to guarantee that all parishes have representation in the final list. The 30 elected candidates (3 for each parish) then run in an open primary election. 3,119 (11,8% of the registered voters of the municipality) people participated in the 2015 primaries.[14]
People who are elected as council members are controlled by the Executive Committee. This system of citizen involvement in municipal management is also reflected in the participatory budget of the municipal council, in which the local citizen entities of each of the 9 parishes take part.[15][16]
Election results edit
| Election | Municipal council of Oleiros | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Position | Seats | +/– | |
| 1979[17] | 4,113 | 65.81 | 1º | 12 / 17 | New |
| 1983[18] | 1,787 | 26.38 | 2º | 5 / 17 | 7 |
| 1987[19] | 3,296 | 40.46 | 1º | 8 / 17 | 3 |
| 1991[20] | 4,362 | 53.20 | 1º | 10 / 17 | 2 |
| 1995[21] | 4,913 | 42.53 | 1º | 9 / 21 | 1 |
| 1999[22] | 4,913 | 41.22 | 1º | 9 / 21 | = |
| 2003[23] | 7,286 | 45.40 | 1º | 10 / 21 | 1 |
| 2007[24] | 6,249 | 37.37 | 1º | 9 / 21 | 1 |
| 2011[25] | 8,386 | 48.47 | 1º | 11 / 21 | 3 |
| 2015[26] | 9,353 | 60.61 | 1º | 14 / 21 | 3 |
| 2019[27] | 10,498 | 58.71 | 1º | 13 / 21 | 1 |
| 2023 | 9,274 | 54.28 | 1º | 13 / 21 | = |
| Election | Municipal council of Culleredo | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Position | Seats | +/– | |
| 2015[28] | 1,849 | 13.94 | 3º | 3 / 21 | New |
| 2019[29] | 1,632 | 11.55 | 4º | 3 / 21 | = |
| 2023 | 1.491 | 10.66 | 4º | 2 / 21 | 1 |
| Election | Municipal council of Arteixo | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Position | Seats | +/– | |
| 2015[30] | 633 | 4.52 | 5º | 0 / 21 | New |
| 2019[31] | 938 | 6.50 | 4º | 1 / 21 | 1 |
| 2023 | 974 | 6.81 | 4º | 1 / 21 | = |
| Election | City council of A Coruña | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Position | Seats | +/– | |
| 2015[32] | 1,834 | 1.54 | 7º | 0 / 21 | New |
| 2019[33] | 2,916 | 2.33 | 6º | 0 / 21 | = |
| 2023 | 2,546 | 2.2 | 7º | 0 / 21 | = |
| Election | Municipal council of Cambre | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Position | Seats | +/– | |
| 2019[34] | 1,028 | 8.71 | 5º | 2 / 21 | New |
| 2023 | 1,182 | 10.19 | 5º | 2 / 21 | = |
| Election | Municipal council of Sada | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Position | Seats | +/– | |
| 2019[35] | 788 | 9.28 | 5º | 2 / 17 | New |
| 2023 | 402 | 4.89 | 6º | 0 / 17 | 2 |
References edit
- ^ 26M: Oleiros conquista Carral. Alternativa despoja al PP de la alcaldía. El Español, 2019.
- ^ A nosa historia
- ^ José Luís Jiménez: Gelo contra todos o contra si mismo. ABC, 15/05/2007.
- ^ Local elections results in the Province of A Coruña. El País, 2015.
- ^ Alternativa dos Veciños intentará entrar en el próximo gobierno de A Coruña. La Opinión de A Coruña, 07/10/2017.
- ^ Un alcalde bolivariano en el pueblo de los ricos. El Mundo, 17/12/2015.
- ^ Oleiros reclama justicia para Palestina. La Voz de Galicia, 24/03/2017.
- ^ Gala artística y pasacalles en solidaridad con Palestina hoy en Santa Cruz. La Opinión de A Coruña, 28/10/2017.
- ^ Un alcalde bolivariano en el pueblo de los ricos. El Mundo, 17/12/2015.
- ^ Oleiros pierde a su concejal Fidel. La Opinión de A Coruña, 29/11/2016.
- ^ Oleiros, el municipio más rico de Galicia donde la derecha vota a un alcalde que venera al Che Guevara. Público, 31/10/2016.
- ^ Oleiros, el municipio más rico de Galicia donde la derecha vota a un alcalde que venera al Che Guevara. Público, 31/10/2016.
- ^ El extraño caso de Oleiros. La Opinión de A Coruña, 12/10/2016.
- ^ Alternativa dos Veciños publica los resultados de sus primarias. La Opinión de A Coruña, 09/02/2015.
- ^ Oleiros inició las consultas con las entidades sociales para lograr un «presupuesto participativo». La Voz de Galicia, 22/09/2003.
- ^ Más allá de las ciudades en crisis. Diagonal, 07/07/2014.
- ^ Resultados municipales 1979
- ^ Resultados municipales 1983
- ^ Resultados municipales 1987
- ^ Resultados municipales 1991
- ^ "Resultados municipales 1995". Archived from the original on 2015-06-07. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
- ^ "Resultados municipales 1999". Archived from the original on 2015-06-07. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
- ^ Resultados municipales 2003
- ^ Resultados municipales 2007
- ^ Resultados municipales 2011
- ^ Resultados municipales 2015
- ^ Resultados municipales 2019
- ^ Resultados municipales 2015
- ^ Resultados municipales 2019
- ^ Resultados municipales 2015
- ^ Resultados municipales 2019
- ^ Resultados municipales 2015
- ^ Resultados municipales 2019
- ^ Resultados municipales 2019
- ^ Resultados municipales 2019
- ^ Resultados municipales 2019
- ^ Resultados municipales 2019
External links edit
- Official website
- Official Twitter