Alliance ( Eng. Alliance ) - a political party operating in New Zealand from 1991 to 2015 . The Alliance positioned itself as a democratic , socialist alternative to the center-left Labor Party .
| Alliance | |
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| English Alliance | |
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| Leader | Jim anderton |
| Founding date | December 1, 1991 |
| Date of dissolution | 2015 |
| Ideology | Social Democracy , Democratic Socialism |
| Seats in the House of Representatives of New Zealand | 13/120 (1996) |
| Site | alliance.org.nz |
She advocated the expansion of the welfare state , full employment , free education and health care. To this end, she advocated progressive taxation and the replacement of the tax on goods and services with a Tobin tax , or “ Robin Hood tax ”. Her program also focused on environmentalism , the rights of women and the indigenous population. Supporting the nuclear-free status of New Zealand, she condemned military intervention.
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Foundation
The Alliance party was created as a bloc of left-wing political parties in New Zealand. Its creation took place by combining four small parties. In total, the five political forces entered the Alliance:
- The New Labor Party ( NewLabour Party ), founded in 1989 by the left wing of the Labor Party led by its former leader Jim Anderton, who left the Labor Party in protest against the neoliberal policies of Finance Minister Roger Douglas;
- Democratic Party of New Zealand, going back to the Social Credit Party founded in 1953, transformed in 1985 into the Political League of Social Credit;
- The Greens, founded in 1990 on the basis of the Party of Values (from 1972) and a number of environmental management organizations as an environmental party;
- Mana Motuhake, Maori Party, founded in 1979 by Labor Deputy Matiu Rata;
- The New Zealand Liberal Party, which joined the Alliance later than the rest, as a social liberal breakaway from the National Party .
History
The Alliance Party was officially registered on December 1, 1991 [1] . Having received 18% of the vote (but only 2 seats) in her first election in 1993, she remained influential throughout the 1990s, although the Greens during that time left her ranks.
Taking advantage of the new electoral system, the Alliance held 13 and 10 deputies in the elections of 1996 and 1999, respectively. As a result of the latter, he entered the government coalition with the Labor Party, which again approached its original social democratic origins.
Founder and parliamentary leader of the Alliance, Jim Anderton became Deputy Prime Minister Helen Clark in her office, but his relationship with Party President Matt McCarten worsened, and in 2002 Anderton with supporters broke away, forming the Progressive Party (since 2005, dubbed the “Jim Anderton Progressive Party”). The remaining deputies from the Alliance lost their mandates following the results of the elections of the same year. In the 2005 elections, her support fell even more, not exceeding 1%.
After a series of setbacks and splits in the late 2000s, the party was disbanded. On May 26, 2015, the Alliance registration was officially canceled by the election commission at the request of the party leadership [2] .
Notes
- ↑ About us | Alliance (Not available link) (July 14, 2014). The date of circulation is October 12, 2017. Archived July 14, 2014.
- Mend Amendments to the Register of Political Parties (Eng.) , Electoral Commission . The appeal date is October 12, 2017.
Links
- Official site
- Denis Pilash . Left on the edge of the world. Part 1: New Zealand // Spіlne , 12/15/2017.