Social Alliance Party

Political party in Mexico

Social Alliance Party

Partido Alianza Social

Abbreviation| PAS
President| José Antonio Calderón Cardoso
General Secretary| Adalberto Rosas Lopez[1]
Founded| 1998
Dissolved| 2003
Preceded by| Mexican Democratic Party
Headquarters| Mexico City
Newspaper| Voz Del PAS
Ideology| Humanism
Christian democracy[2]
Social conservatism
National conservatism
Political position| Right-wing to far-right[A]
Slogan| For Peace, Truth and Change

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^ A: PAS is often considered part of the radical right, a subset of the far-right that does not oppose democracy.[3]

The Social Alliance Party (Spanish: Partido Alianza Social; abbr. PAS), was a radical-right humanist political party in Mexico that was founded in 1998 by José Antonio Calderón Cardoso and Guillermo Calderón Domínguez until its dissolution in 2003.[4][5][6]

## History

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### Initial stages and foundation of PAS 1997-1998

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Following the Mexican Democratic Party defeat in the 1997 Mexican Legislative Elections, the party held its National Congress in Mexico City, where a resolution was reached to dissolve the aforementioned "political institute".[7]

Notably, prominent politicians who were initially associated with the PDM, José Antonio Calderón and Guillermo Calderón Domínguez, were essential in the formation of PAS.[8] Despite most of its members originating from the far-right Mexican Democratic Party; other right-wing rearmaments and former political party members, notably such as the National Synarchist Union and the National Action Party are integrated into PAS.[7][5][9][10]

### 2000 General Election

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Alliance for Mexico

During the 2000 general election, the party formed a coalition with the Democratic Revolution Party known as Alliance for Mexico (Spanish: Alianza por México). A left-wing coalition consisting of political parties opposed to the Institutional Revolutionary Party and nominating Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas as its presidential candidate.

In total, 19% of the votes were cast for the coalition. which granted the Social Alliance Party to conserve 2 Deputy Seats and Registration in the LVIII Legislature.

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### Decline and dissolution

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#### INE Fines

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Before their involvement in the 2003 Legislative Elections, PAS was fined 3 million 285 thousand pesos by the Federal Electoral Institute, for allegedly mismanaging financial resources and using treasury funds for "non-partisan activities." Beatriz Patricia Lorenzo Juarez, the party's organizational secretary. Made reference to the fines levied by the IFE, criticizing the effort to "treat all parties equally".[11]

Guillermo Calderón claimed that an "annual plan" was in development to help structure the party and achieving a presence throughout the country to compete in the legislative elections. He asserted that the projection of PAS for 2003 must be applied in order not to lose its registration with the IFE and allow them to participate in the next electoral local elections.[11]

#### Dissolution

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PAS never managed to achieve the votes needed to keep registration during the 2003 Legislative elections (2.00%), only managing to receive around 0.7% votes to be considered a political party, thus dissolving PAS on the 29th of August 2003.

## Ideology

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The PAS defined itself centrist and forbade to fit into the traditional spectrum of right or left;[4] however, it was considered right-wing as it’s precursor and just about most its members appeared from the dissolved Mexican Democratic Party.[8][5][12]

## PAS presidents

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* (1998 - 2003): José Antonio Calderón Cardoso

## PAS presidential candidates

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* (2000): Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano (alliance with PRD, PT, C and PSN to form Alliance for Mexico coalition)

## References

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1. ^ "EL FUTURO POLITICO DEL PARTIDO ALIANZA SOCIAL" (in Spanish).
2. ^ "Register". go.gale.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 September 2023.
3. ^ Rodrigo Castro Cornejo (November 2023). "LA ULTRADERECHA EN MÉXICO: AUSENCIA DE BACKLASH POR EL IZQUIERDISMO (NO PROGRESISTA) DE AMLO" (PDF). Friedrich Ebert Foundation. p. 5. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
4. ^ a b "Making sure you're not a bot!" (PDF). library.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
5. ^ a b c Paz, Guillermina BAENA (2002). "El Partido Alianza Social". Estudios Políticos (in Spanish) (31). doi:10.22201/fcpys.24484903e.2002.31.37563. ISSN 2448-4903.
6. ^ Electoral, Instituto Federal (26 January 2001). "EL PAS ES HUMANISTA, LIBRE E INDEPENDIENTE" (in Spanish). `{{cite journal}}`: Cite journal requires `|journal=` (help)
7. ^ a b "Gale - Product Login". galeapps.gale.com. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
8. ^ a b "Gale - Product Login". galeapps.gale.com. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
9. ^ "Gale - Product Login". galeapps.gale.com. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
10. ^ "La Jornada". www.jornada.com.mx. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
11. ^ a b "Gale - Product Login". galeapps.gale.com. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
12. ^ Electoral, Instituto Federal (26 January 2001). "LA FILOSOFÍA DEL PARTIDO ALIANZA SOCIAL" (in Spanish).

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