Liberty Movement
Liberty Movement (in Spanish: Movimiento de la Libertad) has been a political party in Peru. It was founded in 1987 by groups opposing the nationalization of the banking sector in 1986. Instead it advocated a free market approach to solving Peru's hyperinflation, which peaked at over 7000%. Its predecessor was the Independence Movement founded in 1962.
Liberty Movement Movimiento de la Libertad | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | ML |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Ideology | Classical liberalism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
After the fall of the Republic in April 1992, the movement was never dissolved and has become a resistance movement in the Peruvian Civil War against clerical fascists. It still has members in the Peruvian government in exile and has more than eight million followers in 2021.
Since April 2003, Jose Luis Tapia, Humberto Perez, Fernando Barrios, Myriam Ortiz, and Alberto Mansueti have been carrying on with a number of activities. They decided to dismiss those who betrayed the Liberty Movement by setting up an electoral alliance with some clerical fascists (AP, PPC, SD, MBH, UCI) between 1988 and 2000. In 1989 those who opposed such alliance (FD) founded Free Humans (in Spanish: "Somos Libres").
Electoral history
Presidential elections
| Year | Candidate | Party / Coalition | Votes | Percentage | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Mario Vargas Llosa | .jpg.webp) |
Democratic Front | 1st Round: 2 163 323 |
1st Round: 32.57 |
1st Round: 1st |
| 2nd Round: 2 708 291 |
2nd Round: 37.62 |
2nd Round: 2nd | ||||
Elections to the Congress of the Republic
| Year | Votes | % | Seats |  / |
Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1 492 513 | 30.1% | 62 / 180 |
62 |
Minority |
Elections to the Senate
| Year | Votes | % | Seats | / |
Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1 791 077 | 32.3% | 20 / 62 |
19 |
Minority |
