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Social Christian Reformist Party Partido Reformista Social Cristiano | |
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| Abbreviation | PRSC |
| President | Quique Antún |
| General Secretary | Ramón Rogelio Genao |
| Presidium | Ricardo Espaillat |
| Spokesperson | Máximo Castro |
| Founder | Joaquín Balaguer |
| Founded | July 24, 1984 |
| Merger of | Reformist Party Social Christian Revolutionary Party |
| Headquarters | Santo Domingo |
| Ideology | Reformism Christian democracy Economic liberalism Conservatism |
| Political position | Centre-right to right-wing |
| International affiliation | Centrist Democrat International |
| Regional affiliation | Christian Democrat Organization of America Union of Latin American Parties |
| Colours | Red, green and white |
| Slogan | Ni injusticias, ni privilegios ("No injustices, no privileges") |
| Anthem | "Himno del Partido Reformista Social Cristiano" [citation needed]"(Hymn of Social Christian Reformist Party)" |
| Chamber of Deputies[1] | 5 / 190 |
| Senate[2] | 5 / 32 |
| Mayors[3] | 7 / 161 |
| Central American Parliament[4] | 0 / 20 |
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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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