Liberal Civic Resistance Party

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The Liberal Civil Resistance Party (in Spanish: Partido Resistencia Civil Liberal, PRCL) was a Panamanian centrist liberal political party.

It was founded in 1959 [1] , by Víctor Florencio Goytía [2] , former National Liberal Party leader and its candidate for president in the election, held in 1956. [3]

The party's political guidelines uphold the principles of freedom, humanism, progressive liberalism and social harmony. [4]

In the 1960 elections the PRCL's presidential candidate was Víctor Florencio Goytía; he polled 55,455 votes (22.96%) in the election. In 1964 it allied with the National Opposition Alliance (ANO) and its candidate Juan de Arco Galindo. [5]

The PRCL was abolished by the Electoral Tribunal in 1964. [6]

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References

  1. Episodios del siglo XX en Panamá. Vol. II: Las décadas formativas de la república. By Víctor F. Goytía. Barcelona, 1975. Pp. 258.
  2. Panama: election factbook, May 12, 1968. Washington: Institute for the Comparative Study of Political Systems. 1968. Pp. 21.
  3. Elections in the Americas : a data handbook / ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 1. [Oxford] [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. Pp. 532.
  4. Episodios del siglo XX en Panamá. Vol. II: Las décadas formativas de la república. By Víctor F. Goytía. Barcelona, 1975. Pp. 258.
  5. Elections in the Americas : a data handbook / ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 1. [Oxford] [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. Pp. 532.
  6. Panama: election factbook, May 12, 1968. Washington: Institute for the Comparative Study of Political Systems. 1968. Pp. 21.