The Civic Renewal Party (Partido Renovación Civilista, PRC) was a Panamanian right liberal political party.
The Civic Renewal Party was founded on 13 August 1992
by a group of professionals who had played key roles in the
National Civic Crusade that opposed
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Manuel Antonio Noriega's
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during 1987–1989.
The
National Civic Crusade (Cruzada Civilista Nacional, CCN), a broad-based opposition movement composed of more than 100 groups, including members of the Roman Catholic Church, civil and professional organizations, and trade unions.
In 1994, it backed the recently resigned Comptroller General
Rubén Darío Carles as part of the
Alliance for Change '94 coalition and in 1999, it supported banker and former
Arnulfista Party member
Alberto Vallarino Clement, as a part of the
Opposition Action Alliance.
Although the party elected three legislators to the unicameral
Legislative Assembly in 1994, in the 1999 election it failed to garner enough votes to survive and, pursuant to
Panamanian Electoral Laws, was dissolved thereafter.
Electoral Tribunal
References
1992 establishments in Panama
Defunct political parties in Panama
Political parties established in 1992
Political parties with year of disestablishment missing
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