Force for Mexico
{{Short description|Mexican political party}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox political party
| name = Force for Mexico
| native_name = Fuerza por México
| abbreviation = FXM
| colorcode = {{party color|Force for Mexico}}
| logo = File:FPM logo (Mexico).svg
| logo_size = 225px
| president = Gerardo Islas Maldonado
| founder = Pedro Haces Barba
| membership = 348,530
| membership_year = 2021
| ideology = Progressivism
| position = Center-left{{Cite news |last=Lozano |first=Luis Fernando |date=February 8, 2021 |title=PT teme perder votos contra Redes Sociales Progresistas y Fuerza Por México |language=es-MX |work=Forbes México |url=https://www.forbes.com.mx/politica-pt-teme-perder-votos-contra-redes-sociales-progresistas-y-fuerza-por-mexico/ |access-date=February 19, 2021 |archive-date=February 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208181951/https://www.forbes.com.mx/politica-pt-teme-perder-votos-contra-redes-sociales-progresistas-y-fuerza-por-mexico/ |url-status=live }}
| dissolved = {{end date|2021|6|11}} (national level)
| colours = {{color box|{{party color|Force for Mexico}}|border=darkgray}} Pink
| slogan = Unidos somos la fuerza (United we are the force!)
| website = {{URL|www.fuerzapormexico.org.mx|fuerzapormexico.org.mx}}
| country = Mexico
}}
Fuerza por Mexico ({{langx|es|Fuerza por México}}, FXM{{Cite web |date=2020 |title=Estatutos |trans-title=Statutes |url=http://www.fuerzapormexico.org.mx/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ESTATUTO-VER-FINAL.pdf |website=fuerzapormexico.org.mx |language=es|accessdate=February 19, 2021}}) is a Mexican state-level political party. The party is progressive and sought to revolutionize the country's electoral demographic and break from the nation's traditional parties.
History
In January 2019, a civil organization known as Fuerza Social por México (Social Force for Mexico), associated with union leader {{ill|Pedro Haces Barba|es}}, applied to become a political party. In order to do so, it needed to meet the requirements of gaining 250,000 party members and celebrating state-level assemblies in 20 states. By February 2020, the party had held 26 state assemblies and boasted 233,000 members;{{Cite news |last=Rodríguez |first=Karla |date=February 28, 2020 |title=Fuerza Social por México solicita registro ante INE para ser partido político |language=es |work=El Universal |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/politica/fuerza-social-por-mexico-solicita-registro-ante-ine-para-ser-partido-politico |access-date=February 19, 2021 |archive-date=October 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021112851/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/politica/fuerza-social-por-mexico-solicita-registro-ante-ine-para-ser-partido-politico |url-status=live }} by June, that number had increased to 348,530 members nationally.{{Cite web|last=Staff|first=Forbes|date=June 11, 2020|title=Fuerza Social por México registra casi 345 mil afiliados en todo el país|url=https://www.forbes.com.mx/fuerza-social-por-mexico-registra-casi-345-mil-afiliados-en-todo-el-pais/|access-date=February 15, 2021|website=Forbes México|language=es-MX|archive-date=September 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922022619/https://www.forbes.com.mx/fuerza-social-por-mexico-registra-casi-345-mil-afiliados-en-todo-el-pais/|url-status=live}} The Instituto Nacional Electoral (INE) approved the national founding assembly for the party, held in late February 2020.{{Cite news |date=February 25, 2020 |title=INE valida asamblea nacional de Fuerza Social por México |language=es |work=El Universal |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/politica/ine-valida-asamblea-nacional-de-fuerza-social-por-mexico |access-date=February 19, 2021}}
In September 2020, the INE denied registration to Fuerza Social por México due to its ties to the Confederación Autónoma de Trabajadores y Empleados de México (CATEM) labor union. Party leader Islas announced he would challenge the ruling, claiming the real reason for the denial was that INE president Lorenzo Córdova Vianello had intentions of running as an independent presidential candidate in 2024, which meant that he favored the presence of fewer political parties.{{Cite news |last=Corral |first=Adyr |date=September 6, 2020 |title=Fuerza Social por México impugnará decisión de INE de negarle registro |language=es-MX |work=Milenio |url=https://www.milenio.com/politica/fuerza-social-mexico-impugnara-decision-ine-negarle-registro |access-date=February 19, 2021 |archive-date=September 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200910235528/https://www.milenio.com/politica/fuerza-social-mexico-impugnara-decision-ine-negarle-registro |url-status=live }} The TEPJF overturned the INE decision in October, unanimously finding that the INE had not sufficiently proved that CATEM resources were used in party organization.{{Cite news |last=López Ponce |first=Jannet |date=October 14, 2020 |title=Fuerza Social por México. Dan registro como partido político |language=es-MX |work=Milenio |url=https://www.milenio.com/politica/fuerza-social-por-mexico-sera-nuevo-partido-politico |access-date=February 19, 2021 |archive-date=October 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023044442/https://www.milenio.com/politica/fuerza-social-por-mexico-sera-nuevo-partido-politico |url-status=live }}
On December 15, 2020, the INE approved modifications to the party's statutes that changed its name from Fuerza Social por México to Fuerza por México.{{Cite web |date=December 15, 2020 |title=Resolución del Consejo General del Instituto Nacional Electoral sobre la procedencia constitucional y legal de las modificaciones a los documentos básicos del partido Fuerza Social por México, realizadas en cumplimiento al punto segundo de la resolución identificada con la clave INE/CG510/2020 emitida por el citado órgano superior de dirección, así como en el ejercicio de su libertad de autoorganización |url=https://repositoriodocumental.ine.mx/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/116146/CGex202012-15-rp-4.pdf |access-date=February 18, 2021 |language=es-MX |archive-date=June 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602024236/https://repositoriodocumental.ine.mx/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/116146/CGex202012-15-rp-4.pdf |url-status=live }}
The party challenged the approval of the name Va por México for the 2021 electoral alliance of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, National Action Party and Party of the Democratic Revolution, for using the letter X (in Spanish used to signify por) and a similar name, which Fuerza por México alleged could cause confusion among the electorate.{{Cite news |date=January 23, 2021 |title=Fuerza por México impugna coalición PRI-PAN-PRD |language=es |work=Excélsior |url=https://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/fuerza-por-mexico-impugna-coalicion-pri-pan-prd/1428649 |access-date=February 19, 2021 |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128062538/https://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/fuerza-por-mexico-impugna-coalicion-pri-pan-prd/1428649 |url-status=live }}
The party was dissolved at the national levelon June 11 after failing to earn 3% of the popular vote.{{Cite web|last=Hernández|first=Gabriela|date=June 16, 2021|title=Ni 8 meses duraron: INE arranca proceso para desaparecer al PES, RSP y Fuerza por México|url=https://www.sdpnoticias.com/mexico/ine-comienza-proceso-para-eliminar-a-fuerza-por-mexico-pes-y-rsp|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-17|website=sdpnoticias|language=es-MX|archive-date=June 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616195412/https://www.sdpnoticias.com/mexico/ine-comienza-proceso-para-eliminar-a-fuerza-por-mexico-pes-y-rsp/}} However, it still maintains its registration in some states for subnational elections.
Ideology
The party is progressive.{{r|estatutos}} Despite its support of his policy goals, Armando Ríos Piter, who was named to head the Mexico City chapter of the party after the initial leader died of COVID-19,{{Cite news |last=Arvizu Arrioja |first=Juan |date=January 8, 2021 |title=Muere dirigente de Fuerza Por México, Manuel Jiménez Guzmán, a los 71 años |language=es |work=El Universal |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/muere-dirigente-de-fuerza-por-mexico-manuel-jimenez-guzman-los-71-anos |access-date=February 19, 2021 |archive-date=January 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109120646/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/muere-dirigente-de-fuerza-por-mexico-manuel-jimenez-guzman-los-71-anos |url-status=live }} said that "disenchantment" with 2018 electoral winners provided his party an opportunity in 2021.{{Cite news |last=Cruz |first=Héctor |date=January 21, 2021 |title=Desencanto, oportunidad para Fuerza por México: Ríos Piter |language=es |work=El Universal |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/metropoli/cdmx/desencanto-oportunidad-para-fuerza-por-mexico-rios-piter |access-date=February 19, 2021 |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121162318/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/metropoli/cdmx/desencanto-oportunidad-para-fuerza-por-mexico-rios-piter |url-status=live }} Several of FXM's 2021 electoral candidates had contended for National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) gubernatorial nominations, including Cristóbal Arias of Michoacán, Cruz Pérez Cuéllar of Chihuahua, and Dulce María Silva in Tlaxcala.{{Cite news |last=Aranda |first=Enrique |date=January 18, 2021 |title=Catapulta Morena a Fuerza Social |language=es |work=Excélsior |url=https://www.excelsior.com.mx/opinion/enrique-aranda/catapulta-morena-a-fuerza-social/1427664 |access-date=February 19, 2021 |archive-date=January 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122001231/https://www.excelsior.com.mx/opinion/enrique-aranda/catapulta-morena-a-fuerza-social/1427664 |url-status=live }}
Policy proposals include universal Internet access, a new digital-focused educational model, and lowering the voting age to 16.{{Cite news |last=Cortés |first=Juan Carlos |date=November 28, 2020 |title=Fuerza por México no es un partido satélite: Islas Maldonado |language=es |work=El Universal |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/fuerza-por-mexico-no-es-un-partido-satelite-islas-maldonado |access-date=February 19, 2021 |archive-date=November 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129182053/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/fuerza-por-mexico-no-es-un-partido-satelite-islas-maldonado |url-status=live }}
Membership
In February 2021, Fuerza por México had 348,530 members.{{r|afiliados}}
References
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{{Main Mexican political parties}}
Category:2020 establishments in Mexico
Category:2021 disestablishments in Mexico
Category:Defunct political parties in Mexico
Category:Left-wing parties in Mexico
Category:Political parties disestablished in 2021