Social Christian Reformist Party

Social Christian Reformist Party
Partido Reformista Social Cristiano
AbbreviationPRSC
PresidentQuique Antún
General SecretaryRamón Rogelio Genao
PresidiumRicardo Espaillat
SpokespersonMáximo Castro
FounderJoaquín Balaguer
FoundedJuly 24, 1984; 40 years ago (1984-07-24)
Merger ofReformist Party
Social Christian Revolutionary Party
HeadquartersSanto Domingo
IdeologyReformism
Christian democracy
Economic liberalism
Conservatism
Political positionCentre-right to right-wing
International affiliationCentrist Democrat International
Regional affiliationChristian Democrat Organization of America
Union of Latin American Parties
Colours      Red, green and white
SloganNi injusticias, ni privilegios
("No injustices, no privileges")
Anthem
"Himno del Partido Reformista Social Cristiano"
"(Hymn of Social Christian Reformist Party)"
[citation needed]
Chamber of Deputies[1]
4 / 190
Senate[2]
1 / 32
Mayors[3]
7 / 161
Central American Parliament[4]
0 / 20
Website
www.prsc.com.do

The Social Christian Reformist Party (Spanish: Partido Reformista Social Cristiano, PRSC) is a Christian democratic right-wing political party in the Dominican Republic. It was established on July 24, 1984, by the union of Joaquín Balaguer's Partido Reformista and the Partido Revolucionario Social Cristiano.[5] Some of the PRSC's founders and leaders were originally business leaders and Roman Catholics who opposed the communist, socialist, and social democratic tendencies of Juan Bosch, the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) and the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD).[6][7]

The PRSC is strongly associated with Balaguer, who was the presidential candidate of the PRSC and its predecessor party in all but one election between 1966 and 2000. The party was often in power during this period, but declined rapidly following Balaguer's death in 2002. After the mid-2000s the party was relegated to being a junior partner of the PRD or PLD, and ceased running a presidential candidate in 2012.

The PRSC was in an alliance with the People's Force party in the 2020 presidential elections, and won six seats in the senate and six in the chamber of deputies.

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  2. ^ "Resolución No. 67-2020". Junta Central Electoral (JCE). July 17, 2024 (PDF).
  3. ^ "Candidatos electos Elecciones extraordinarias municipales 2020". Junta Central Electoral (JCE). 2024 (XLS).
  4. ^ "Diputados PARLACEN". Junta Central Electoral (JCE). 2024 (PDF).
  5. ^ "Joaquín Balaguer, 1966–78". CountryStudies.
  6. ^ "Elections and Events 1970–1989". Library UCSD. May 16, 2020. Archived from the original on July 8, 2020.
  7. ^ "Dominican Republic (1902–present)". UCA.EDU.