People, Equality and Democracy
{{Infobox political party
| native_name = Pueblo, Igualdad y Democracia
| logo = Pueblo Igualdad y Democracia.svg
| colorcode = {{party color|United Ecuadorian}}
| president = Arturo Moreno Encalada
| founder = Arturo Moreno Encalada
| ideology = Big tent
| country = Ecuador
| colors = Red, Yellow and Green
| position = Centre-right{{Cite web |last=Morales |first=Hernan |date=2024-10-03 |title=Ente electoral de Ecuador registra inscripción de 16 binomios presidenciales |url=https://confirmado.net/ente-electoral-de-ecuador-registra-inscripcion-de-16-binomios-presidenciales/ |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=Confirmado |language=es |quote=El general en retiro Víctor Araus se registró como candidato presidencial por el movimiento Pueblo, Igualdad y Democracia (centro derecha) y el empresario y excandidato presidencial en 2023 Jan Topic, por el partido SUMA (centro derecha). |trans-quote=General in retirement Víctor Araus registered as presidential candidate for the Pueblo, Equality and Democracy movement (center right) and businessman and former presidential candidate in 2023 Jan Topic, for the SUMA party (center right).}}{{Cite web |date=27 November 2024 |title=Ente electoral de Ecuador avala a 16 binomios para participar en las elecciones presidenciales |url=https://coordenadainformativa.ar/ente-electoral-de-ecuador-avala-a-16-binomios-para-participar-en-las-elecciones-presidenciales/ |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=Cordenada Informativa |language=es-AR |quote=El general en retiro Víctor Araus se registró como candidato presidencial por el movimiento Pueblo, Igualdad y Democracia (centroderecha), y el partido Avanza (centroderecha) eligió como candidato al empresario Luis Felipe Tillería. |trans-quote=The retired general Víctor Araus registered as a presidential candidate for the Pueblo, Equality and Democracy movement (center-right), and the Avanza party (center-right) chose businessman Luis Felipe Tillería as a candidate.}}
| national = ADN
}}
People, Equality and Democracy ({{Langx|es|Pueblo, Igualdad y Democracia}}), formerly United Ecuadorian ({{Langx|es|Ecuatoriano Unido}}), is an Ecuadorian political movement that emerged in 2017 and registered in 2022. Its founder is Arturo Moreno Encalada, cousin of former President Lenín Moreno.{{cite news |last1=Celi |first1=Estefania |title=PID: movimiento de un primo de Lenin Moreno debutará en las seccionales |url=https://www.primicias.ec/noticias/politica/nuevo-movimiento-politico-nacional-pid-elecciones-2023/ |access-date=25 August 2023 |publisher=Primicias |date=28 May 2022 |language=Spanish}}
History
= As United Ecuatorian =
File:Movimiento Ecuatoriano Unido (logo).png
The movement was born around the year 2015 under the name United Ecuadorian Movement by Lenin Moreno's brother, Edwin Moreno.{{Cite web |title=Seis hermanos y seis agrupaciones políticas en el escenario electoral |url=https://www.primicias.ec/noticias/politica/seis-hermanos-seis-agrupaciones-politicas-escenario-electoral/ |access-date=2021-05-23 |website=Primicias |date=26 August 2020 |language=es-MX}} In the 2019 Ecuadorian local elections, they obtained the prefecture of Zamora Chinchipe in alliance with the Juntos Podemos movement, Unidad Popular, Democracia Sí and the Ecuadorian Socialist Party with Cléver Jiménez as a candidate.{{Cite web |date=2019-04-07 |title=Cléver Jiménez quiere darle un cambio a Zamora |url=https://www.eltelegrafo.com.ec/noticias/politica/3/cleverjimenez-zamorachinchipe-prefectura |access-date=2021-05-23 |website=El Telégrafo |language=es-es}}
In the 2021 Ecuadorian presidential election, its candidate was Pastor Gerson Almeida, whose candidacy called himself "pro-life".{{Cite web |date=2020-08-22 |title=El pastor Gerson Almeida y Martha Villafuerte integran el binomio 'Provida' del movimiento Ecuatoriano Unido |url=https://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/politica/pastor-gerson-almeida-candidato-presidencial.html |access-date=2021-05-23 |website=El Comercio |language=es-EC}} Almeida's candidacy received criticism from progressives for his opposition to abortion{{Cite web |date=2020-10-08 |title=Ecuatoriano Unido es una organización definida como provida ¿por qué? |url=https://gk.city/2020/10/08/movimiento-ecuatoriano-unido/ |access-date=2021-05-23 |website=GK |language=es}} and homosexuality.{{Cite web |date=2020-12-24 |title=Gerson Almeida: 'la persona homosexual debe arrepentirse' |url=https://radiolacalle.com/gerson-almeida-la-persona-homosexual-debe-arrepentirse/ |access-date=2021-05-23 |website=Radio La Calle |language=es}}
In November 2021, the National Electoral Council canceled the registry of United Ecuadorian due to not getting the minimum of votes to keep its registry in two consecutive elections.{{cite news |title=Consejo Electoral resolvió la extinción definitiva de cinco organizaciones políticas nacionales |url=https://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/politica/consejo-electoral-resolvio-la-extincion-definitiva-de-cinco-organizaciones-politicas-nacionales-nota/ |access-date=25 August 2023 |publisher=El Universo |language=Spanish}} Later in 2022, People, Equality and Democracy was admitted in the electoral registry, keeping the same number of list than United Ecuadorian, the 4.
= As PID =
For the 2023 Ecuadorian presidential election, PID is one of two parties which forms the National Democratic Action alliance that supports the candidacy of Daniel Noboa Azin for President of Ecuador.{{Cite web |date=2023-05-29 |title=Movimiento Mover respaldará la candidatura de Daniel Noboa a la Presidencia de la República |url=https://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/politica/movimiento-mover-respaldara-la-candidatura-de-daniel-noboa-a-la-presidencia-de-la-republica-nota/ |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=El Universo |language=es}}{{Cite web |last=Redacción |date=2023-05-24 |title=Elecciones Ecuador 2023: Daniel Noboa Azín buscará por primera vez la Presidencia de Ecuador, que su padre Álvaro Noboa no logró en cinco intentos |url=https://www.ecuavisa.com/noticias/politica/elecciones-ecuador-2023-daniel-noboa-azin-hijo-alvaro-noboa-candidato-presidencia-FF5236205 |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=www.ecuavisa.com |language=es-EC}} Arturo Moreno Encalada himself, the founder of the party, gained a bench for the National Assembly at the same general election.{{cite news |last1=Celi |first1=Estefania |title=Correísmo y Construye tendrán las bancadas mas grandes de la asamblea |url=https://www.primicias.ec/noticias/elecciones-presidenciales-2023/resultados-asamblea-nacional-bancadas/ |access-date=25 August 2023 |publisher=Primicias |date=24 August 2023 |language=Spanish}}
Election results
= Presidential election =
| class="wikitable"
|+ ! rowspan="2" |Year ! colspan="2" |Candidate ! colspan="2" |First round ! colspan="2" |Second round ! rowspan="2" |1st round position ! rowspan="2" |2nd round position |
| President
!Vice president !Votes !% !Votes !% |
|---|
| 2021
|Gerson Almeida |Martha Cecilia Villafuerte |160.571 |1.73 | colspan="2" |Eliminated |8th |Eliminated |
| 2023
|2,315,296 |23.41 |5,251,695 |51.83 |2nd |1st |
= Legislative elections =
| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |Year ! rowspan="2" |Leader ! colspan="3" |National List ! colspan="3" |Provincial List ! colspan="3" |Foreign List |
| Votes
!% !Seats !Votes !% !Seats !Votes !% !Seats |
|---|
| 2021
|Rocío Juca |166,888 |2.08 |0 |193,840 |2.38 |2 |1 407 |1.75 |0 |
| 2023*
|1,219,254 |14.56 |2 |884,747 |10.31 |11 | | |1 |
= Sectional elections =
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Prefectures !Mayors |
| 2019
|{{Composition bar|1|23|{{Party color|Ecuatoriano Unido|error=#2c3168}}}} |{{Composition bar|14|221|{{Party color|Ecuatoriano Unido|error=#2c3168}}}} |
See also
References
Category:Political parties established in 2017