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Social Liberal Humanist Party Partidul Umanist Social Liberal | |
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Abbreviation | PUSL |
President | Cristian Popescu Piedone [1] |
General Secretary | Simona Alice Man |
Founder | Dan Voiculescu |
Founded | 28 September 2015 |
Split from | Conservative Party |
Headquarters | Piața Presei Libere nr. 1, Sector 1, Bucharest |
Ideology | |
Political position | Centre to centre-left [ citation needed ] |
European Parliament group | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats [3] [4] |
Colors | Blue |
Senate | 1 / 136 |
Chamber of Deputies | 4 / 330 |
European Parliament | 1 / 33 |
Mayors | 3 / 3,176 |
County Councillors | 0 / 1,340 |
Local Council Councilors | 170 / 39,900 |
Website | |
pusl.ro | |
The Social Liberal Humanist Party (Romanian : Partidul Umanist Social Liberal, PUSL), formerly Humanist Power Party (Social-Liberal) (Romanian : Partidul Puterii Umaniste (social-liberal), PPU-SL) is a centrist [5] to centre-left [ citation needed ] political party in Romania. It was founded in 2015 by members of the Conservative Party (PC) who did not want to merge with the Liberal Reformist Party (PLR), led by Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu. [6]
In the summer of 2015, the Conservative Party (PC), led by Daniel Constantin, merged with the Liberal Reformist Party (PLR), creating the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE). [7] At the same time, PC MEP Maria Grapini opposed this decision, criticizing the disappearance of the party's ideology and announced that she would join a new group, the Party of Humanist Power (PPU).
In 2018, former Sector 4 mayor, Cristian Popescu Piedone join PPU and reentered politics, [8] having previously been prosecuted for the Colectiv nightclub fire back in 2015. [9] He was accounted responsible and in 2019 sentenced to 8 years in prison, but the sentence was not decisive and was attacked by the Bucharest Court of Appeal. With all the legal problems and controversy surrounding Piedone, PPU still endorsed him as candidate in the 2016 Romanian local elections for mayor of Sector 4 [10] as well as in the 2020 Romanian local elections for mayor of Sector 5, winning the latter. [11]
Election | Chamber | Senate | Position | Aftermath | ||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
2016 1 | 2,599 | 0.04 | 7 / 329 | 3,066 | 0.04 | 2 / 136 | 12th | Extra-parliamentary endorsement for PSD-ALDE government (2017–2019) |
Extra-parliamentary endorsement for PSD minority government (2019) | ||||||||
Extra-parliamentary opposition to PNL minority government (2019–2020) | ||||||||
Opposition to PNL minority government (2020) | ||||||||
2020 2 | 70,536 | 1.19 | 4 / 330 | 59,465 | 1.01 | 1 / 136 | 9th | Extra-parliamentary opposition to PNL-USR PLUS-UDMR government (2020–2021) |
Opposition to PNL-USR PLUS-UDMR government (2021) | ||||||||
Opposition to PNL-UDMR minority government (2021) | ||||||||
Endorsing CNR government (2021–present) |
Notes:
1 The MPs were elected on the PSD and ALDE lists. [12]
2 The MPs were elected on the PSD list.
Election | County Councilors (CJ) | Mayors | Local Councilors (CL) | Popular vote | % | Position | ||||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
2016 | 21,916 | 0.26 | 0 / 1,434 | — | — | 0 / 3,186 | — | — | 0 / 40,067 | — | — | — |
2020 | 64,232 | 0.79 | 0 / 1,340 | 58,680 | 0.73 | 3 / 3,176 | 48,578 | 0.68 | 170 / 39,900 | 64,232 | 0.79 | 10th |
Election | Candidate | First round | ||
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Votes | Percentage | Position | ||
2020 | Gabriela Firea 1 | 250,690 | 37.97% | 2nd |
2024 | Cristian Popescu Piedone | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Notes:
1 PSD candidate, Gabriela Firea, was endorsed by PPU
Election | Candidate | First round | Second round | ||||
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Votes | Percentage | Position | Votes | Percentage | Position | ||
2019 | Ramona Bruynseels | 244,275 | 2.65% | 7th | not qualified |
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