Progressive Constitutionalist Party (Mexico)

Progressive Constitutionalist Party
Partido Constitucional Progresista
LeadersFrancisco I. Madero,
José María Pino Suárez,
Juan Sánchez Azcona
FounderFrancisco I. Madero
Founded1909 (1909) (as the National Anti-Reelectionist Party)
Dissolved1913 (1913)
HeadquartersMexico City
IdeologyMaderism
Liberalism
Constitutionalism
Secularism
Political positionCentre
Colors 

The Progressive Constitutionalist Party (Spanish: Partido Constitucional Progresista), known by its acronym PCP, was a liberal political party that existed between 1909 and 1913. Positioned in the political centre of Mexican politics, it drew ideologically from social liberalism,[dubiousdiscuss] as well as economic liberalism.[1] The party was formed as the conservative wing of the former Liberal Party but not as conservative as the Liberal Party itself under Porfirio Díaz, which in the early 20th century had splintered into more radical factions, represented by the Mexican Liberal Party (PLM).

The party was originally founded in 1909 as the National Anti-Reelectionist Party (Spanish: Partido Nacional Antirreeleccionista) and was rebranded in 1911 as the PCP.

  1. ^ Del Rio, Ignacio (2003-05-10). "Las razones de la democracia: el discurso liberal de Francisco I. Madero y la dictadura de Porfirio Díaz". Estudios de Historia Moderna y Contemporánea de México (in European Spanish). 26 (26).