page_title: Broad Front (Peru)
section_title: 2016 General Elections
hierarchical_section_title: Broad Front (Peru) / History / 2016 General Elections
caption_attribution_description: Español: Marco Arana, político, sociólogo, catedrático y ex-sacerdote peruano, fundador y militante del Movimiento Tierra y Libertad.
context_page_description: The Broad Front for Justice, Life and Liberty, or simply Broad Front, is a political coalition of parties, political organizations, social movements and activist citizens of Peru whose main objective is to consolidate the different leftist, progressive, socialist and communist sectors.
  It was founded in June 2013. It had its origin in the Encounter of Social and Political Organizations held in 2007 and its initial objective was to promote the defense of the territories. He has been part of the Congress of the Republic since 2012 as part of the Popular Action-Frente Amplio parliamentary group, and since 2016 with his own bench. During the Parliamentary Interregno after the dissolution of the Congress it has two members in the Permanent Commission.
  In the general elections of 2016, she participated by running for Verónika Mendoza as a presidential candidate.In the elections, held on April 10, the party became the third political force in the country, obtaining the first parliamentary minority in the Congress of the Republic.
context_section_description: In the general elections of 2016 the party nominated Verónika Mendoza as presidential candidate, as first vice president nominated Marco Arana and as second vice president nominated Alan Fairlie, the party was the third party with the intention of voting and obtained the first minority in the Congress of the Republic.
  In July 2017 the bench was divided and 10 of the 20 congressmen (Alberto Quintanilla, Tania Pariona, Richard Arce, Mario Canzio, Manuel Dammert, Marisa Glave, Indira Huilca, Edgar Ochoa, Oracio Pacori and Horacio Zeballos) created the New Peru bench officially recognized by the Congress of the Republic in September 2017.
  Original members:
caption: Marco Arana, leader and spokesperson of the parliamentary bench of the Frente Amplio.
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