Federalist Unity Party
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The Federalist Union Party ( - PA.U.FE. or PaUFe) is a right-wing political party
active in various provinces of Argentina
. Its most visible leader is the former police chief, Luis Patti
, former Mayor of Escobar
, who is accused of torturing people during the last dictatorship.
The Party has attracted many Peronists
and takes an authoritarian line on law and order. Patti himself is a former policeman.
Patti's Buenos Aires Province
wing of PaUFe was the first and has traditionally been the most successful. At the legislative elections of 23 October 2005, Patti was candidate for National Deputy. He and one other PaUFe candidate were elected but he was prevented from taking his seat by a vote of deputies. The Party supported the Justicialist Party
candidate for Senator, Chiche Duhalde
.
Other deputies for the party have included former Boca Juniors
and Argentina football
er, Antonio Rattín
, elected in 2001.
The 2007 elections exposed the internal differences in PaUFe. In Buenos Aires, the Party largely stood in opposition to the governing Front for Victory
(FPV) but there were splits. Both PaUFe deputies in the provincial legislature left the party to unofficially support the FPV. Patti stood to be governor of the Province. In Tierra del Fuego Province
, a PaUFe section under the leadership of Juan Flores claims to be entirely separate from Patti. In 2007 this party supported Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
for President and saw the election of its candidate, Jorge Colazo
(a former Radical
governor), to the Argentine Senate
. Patti threatened to take the Tierra del Fuego party to court to prevent them supporting the FPV. http://www.tdfweb.com.ar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4054&Itemid=2 Despite the Tierra del Fuego party's claims of being entirely separate, their relationship with Patti, who was taken into custody in November 2007, continued to be questioned.
The PaUFe bloc in the Chamber of Deputies
has one deputy, Adriana Tomaz, who follows the Buenos Aires line. Colazo joined the majority FPV bloc in the Senate, as did Mariel Calchaquí, Tierra del Fuego deputy, in the Lower House.
Political party
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active in various provinces of Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. Its most visible leader is the former police chief, Luis Patti
Luis Patti
Luis Abelardo Patti is an Argentine politician and a former senior police officer, accused of involvement in torture and murder during the 1970s. He is leader of the conservative Federalist Union Party....
, former Mayor of Escobar
Escobar Partido
Escobar Partido is a partido situated in the northern part of the Gran Buenos Aires urban area, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.The provincial subdivision has a population of about 178,000 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is Belén de Escobar, which is located from Buenos...
, who is accused of torturing people during the last dictatorship.
The Party has attracted many Peronists
Peronism
Peronism , or Justicialism , is an Argentine political movement based on the programmes associated with former President Juan Perón and his second wife, Eva Perón...
and takes an authoritarian line on law and order. Patti himself is a former policeman.
Patti's Buenos Aires Province
Buenos Aires Province
The Province of Buenos Aires is the largest and most populous province of Argentina. It takes the name from the city of Buenos Aires, which used to be the provincial capital until it was federalized in 1880...
wing of PaUFe was the first and has traditionally been the most successful. At the legislative elections of 23 October 2005, Patti was candidate for National Deputy. He and one other PaUFe candidate were elected but he was prevented from taking his seat by a vote of deputies. The Party supported the Justicialist Party
Justicialist Party
The Justicialist Party , or PJ, is a Peronist political party in Argentina, and the largest component of the Peronist movement.The party was led by Néstor Kirchner, President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007, until his death on October 27, 2010. The current Argentine president, Cristina Fernández de...
candidate for Senator, Chiche Duhalde
Hilda de Duhalde
Hilda Beatriz 'Chiche' González de Duhalde is a politician in Argentina. She is a Senator for Buenos Aires Province and the wife of former President Eduardo Duhalde....
.
Other deputies for the party have included former Boca Juniors
Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....
and Argentina football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
er, Antonio Rattín
Antonio Rattín
Antonio Ubaldo Rattín is a former Argentine football player, best known as a Boca Juniors midfielder, and because of an incident in a match at the 1966 FIFA World Cup...
, elected in 2001.
The 2007 elections exposed the internal differences in PaUFe. In Buenos Aires, the Party largely stood in opposition to the governing Front for Victory
Front for Victory
The Front for Victory is a Peronist political party and electoral alliance in Argentina, although it is formally a faction of the Justicialist Party. Both the former President Néstor Kirchner and the current President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner belong to this party, located on the left-wing...
(FPV) but there were splits. Both PaUFe deputies in the provincial legislature left the party to unofficially support the FPV. Patti stood to be governor of the Province. In Tierra del Fuego Province
Tierra del Fuego Province (Argentina)
Tierra del Fuego is an Argentine province entirely separated from mainland Argentina by the Strait of Magellan. It includes:* The eastern part of the Isla Grande of Tierra del Fuego archipelago and the Staten Island.* Argentina's claims to the Falkland Islands and to...
, a PaUFe section under the leadership of Juan Flores claims to be entirely separate from Patti. In 2007 this party supported Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner , commonly known as Cristina Fernández or Cristina Kirchner is the 55th and current President of Argentina and the widow of former President Néstor Kirchner. She is Argentina's first elected female president, and the second female president ever to serve...
for President and saw the election of its candidate, Jorge Colazo
Jorge Colazo
Jorge Colazo, "El Potro", is an Argentine Radical Civic Union politician. He sits in the Argentine Senate representing Tierra del Fuego Province in the majority block of the Front for Victory and was formerly governor of that province.Colazo attended primary school in Córdoba before moving to...
(a former Radical
Radical Civic Union
The Radical Civic Union is a political party in Argentina. The party's positions on issues range from liberal to social democratic. The UCR is a member of the Socialist International. Founded in 1891 by radical liberals, it is the oldest political party active in Argentina...
governor), to the Argentine Senate
Argentine Senate
The Argentine Senate is the upper house of the Argentine National Congress. It has 72 senators: three for each province and three for the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires...
. Patti threatened to take the Tierra del Fuego party to court to prevent them supporting the FPV. http://www.tdfweb.com.ar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4054&Itemid=2 Despite the Tierra del Fuego party's claims of being entirely separate, their relationship with Patti, who was taken into custody in November 2007, continued to be questioned.
The PaUFe bloc in the Chamber of Deputies
Argentine Chamber of Deputies
The Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of the Argentine National Congress. This Chamber holds exclusive rights to create taxes, to draft troops, and to accuse the President, the ministers and the members of the Supreme Court before the Senate....
has one deputy, Adriana Tomaz, who follows the Buenos Aires line. Colazo joined the majority FPV bloc in the Senate, as did Mariel Calchaquí, Tierra del Fuego deputy, in the Lower House.