Citizens' Movement (Mexico)
Mexican political party
Citizens' Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Ciudadano, MC), also known as the Citizens' Movement Party, is a centre-left political party in Mexico. It was founded in 1999 under the name Convergence for Democracy, which was then shortened to Convergence in 2002 and changed to Citizens' Movement in 2011.
Established on 1 August 1999, Convergence for Democracy was founded by civil society activists and former Institutional Revolutionary Party members, advocating for a social market economy and democratic reforms to increase citizen participation in governance. Once the drug war started, the party included demilitarization efforts and drug regulation in its platform. Initially aligning with left-wing coalitions since its inception, disagreements with left-wing parties prompted the party's shift to independence in elections from 2012 onwards. However, it briefly joined an alliance during the 2018 election. Since then, it has heavily focused on sustainability and social issues in its party platform.
It is the third political force in the country, receiving 10.32% of the votes cast in the 2024 presidential election, and has yet to secure victory in a presidential race. As of 2023, it has 384,005 members, and its members are known as emecistas.
History
Background and founding (1988–1999)
Citizens' Movement traces its origins to the political career and downfall of Dante Delgado Rannauro, a Veracruz politician who rose through the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) under the patronage of Fernando Gutiérrez Barrios.
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