Soy Porque Somos
I Am Because We Are Soy Porque Somos | |
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| Abbreviation | SPS |
| Leader | Francia M�rquez |
| Founded | 21 July 2021 |
| Ideology | Afro-Colombian interests Ubuntu philosophy Feminism Environmentalism Indigenismo Progressivism Anti-racism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | Historic Pact |
| Colours | Black |
| Senate | 0 / 108 |
| Chamber of Representatives | 1 / 172 |
| Website | |
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Soy Porque Somos (SPS ; lit. 'I Am Because We Are') is a Colombian left-wing political party of Afro-Colombian origin founded on 21 July 2021. It is one of the movements that make up the Historic Pact, a political coalition that led Gustavo Petro to the presidency. The Vice President of Colombia Francia M�rquez is the founder and leader of the movement.[1]
This movement is inspired by the ubuntu philosophy of South African origin[2] and promotes ideas such as: social, economic, gender, racial and environmental justice, the protection of human rights, among others.[3]
History
[edit]Historic Pact and presidential candidacy of Francia M�rquez
[edit]On July 21, 2021, in a public act in the municipality of Santander de Quilichao, the Soy Porque Somos movement is officially launched, with the aim of supporting the presidential candidacy of Francia M�rquez, and the movement's participation in the coalition is also announced. led by Gustavo Petro, the Historic Pact.[3][4] M�rquez would participate in the inter-party consultation of the coalition, in which the winner would be the only presidential candidate of the Pact, it was also suggested that the second most voted candidacy be the vice-presidential formula, although this was not formally agreed.
The movement needed to collect signatures to register its presidential candidacy, however the signatures obtained were insufficient, so the movement had to seek the endorsement of another political group belonging to the Historical Pact that had legal status before the National Electoral Council. Initially they obtained the endorsement of the Indigenous Authorities of Colombia party and later that of the Alternative Democratic Pole.[5][6]
In January 2022, during the campaign for the legislative elections in March, the movement was in talks about whether or not it should continue within the Historic Pact due to the failure of the coalition to include them in the first 20 places of the closed list for the Senate. The community decided to remain in the coalition, however the two candidates who were placed in an unfavorable position, Carlos Reyes and Mar�a Vicenta Moreno, resigned from the list.[7][8]
The movement presented three candidates to the Chamber of Representatives for the Special Constituency of Black Communities, these were Ali Bant� Ashanti, Ariel Rossebel Palacios and Idalmy Minota Ter�n, none were elected.[9]
Vice-presidential candidacy and presidential election
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During the legislative elections, the inter-party consultations of the coalitions of the Historical Pact, Hope Center Coalition and Team for Colombia were held simultaneously. Francia M�rquez achieved second place in the coalition consultation behind Gustavo Petro and she was considered the surprise of the elections by obtaining more than 700 thousand votes.[10]
The presidential elections were held on 29 May 2022 where they obtained the first voting place with more than 8 million 500 thousand votes, giving them the step to the second electoral round that was held on 19 June. Finally, with more than 11 million votes, they defeated the ticket of Rodolfo Hern�ndez and Marelen Castillo in the ballot.[11] Francia M�rquez was sworn in as vice president on 7 August 2022.[12]
Representation in government
[edit]During the junction between the incoming Government of Gustavo Petro and the outgoing Government of Iv�n Duque, the movement was represented in the general committee by Aurora Vergara, an academic who is director of the Center for Afrodiasporic Studies (CEAF)[13] and in the junction of the area of �Poblaciones� through Clemencia Carabal�, from Cauca, and Graybern Livingston Forbes, a Raizal from San Andr�s.[14]
Likewise, the academic Irene V�lez Torres from the University of Valle, very close to Francia M�rquez and the Soy Because We Are movement, was appointed to join the Science team. A debate was generated due to the rumor of the possible appointment of the academic to occupy the position of Minister of Science and Technology due to the approach of the movement and V�lez Torres on "hegemonic science", a position that was criticized by some scientists such as Mois�s Wasserman.[15][13] Finally, Irene V�lez Torres was appointed as the new Minister of Mines and Energy.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Soy por que somos contin�a con el Pacto Hist�rico". El Nuevo Siglo. 2022.
- ^ "Francia M�rquez: en qu� consiste la filosof�a ubuntu que inspira la pol�tica de la nueva vicepresidenta de Colombia". Andrea D�az Cardona, BBC News Mundo. 8 August 2022.
- ^ a b Movimiento Soy porque Somos (16 July 2021). "Comunicado de prensa". Instagram (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ "Tweet de Gustavo Petro". Twitter (in Spanish). 21 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Francia M�rquez recibe aval del partido ind�gena AICO para la consulta del Pacto Hist�rico". Infobae. 2021.
- ^ "Francia M�rquez recibe aval del Polo a su candidatura presidencial". El Colombiano. 2021.
- ^ "Crisis en el petrismo: Francia M�rquez eval�a salirse del Pacto Hist�rico por el 'rezago' de los afros en listas al Senado". Infobae. 2022.
- ^ "'Soy Porque Somos' de Francia M�rquez define su continuidad en el Pacto Hist�rico este s�bado". Blu Radio. 2022.
- ^ "Francia M�rquez present� a sus candidatos afro que buscar�n llegar a la C�mara por el Pacto Hist�rico". Infobae. 2022.
- ^ "Francia M�rquez, de l�der social a fen�meno pol�tico en las elecciones en Colombia". France 24. 2022.
- ^ Chile, C. N. N. "Gustavo Petro gana en segunda vuelta y se convertir� en el nuevo presidente de Colombia". CNN Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ Velasco, Hector (7 August 2022). "Gustavo Petro sworn in as Colombia's first leftist president". AFP (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 August 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Petro abri� dos cupos en el empalme para Francia M�rquez y el alcalde Quintero". 2022.
- ^ "Presencia Raizal en coordinaci�n de empalme del gobierno Petro". El Isle�o. 29 June 2022.
{{cite news}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ "Cuota en el Minciencia". La Silla Vac�a. 2022.
