When was the National Anti-Reelectionist Party founded and what are its purposes?
He National Anti-reelectionist Party (PNA) was a political party that was created in Mexico City on May 22, 1909. It had its origins in the Anti-Reelectionist Club that emerged in the same year. Its founders were Francisco I. Madero and Emilio Vázquez Gómez.
The PNA emerged as a consequence of the announcement that Porfirio Díaz gave at the end of 1908 regarding the opening to the participation of new parties in the 1910 elections. Díaz said this in an interview with Creelman.
Immediately there were meetings that culminated in the creation of political parties such as the National Democratic Party (PND). However, the PND did not represent a true opposition to the Porfiriato.
He proposed very moderate reforms, a transition of power without violence and prohibited the illiterate from voting, so democracy would only remain in the hands of the upper classes. The only peculiarity of the party was that it opposed the group of The scientists.
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QOf course, anti-reelectionist and opposition parties also emerged. However, they were continually repressed.
Among the main opposition leaders was Francisco I. Madero who, together with Emilio Vázquez Gómez, founded the National Anti-reelectionist Party.
The purpose of the PNA was to participate in the 1910 elections to defeat Porfirio Díaz through democratic means. Thus, The main motto of the party was “Effective suffrage. No re-election“. His candidates were Francisco I. Madero for the presidency and Francisco Vázquez Gómez, Emilio’s brother, for the vice presidency.
In addition to the establishment of a government by popular election, The National Anti-reelectionist Party demanded respect for individual guarantees, municipal freedom and observance of the Constitution.
Consequences
The PNA was widely accepted by the people in general. As a consequence, and contrary to Díaz’s promise that the elections would be clean, the Porfirista authorities arrested Madero and held him in San Luis Potosí.
While imprisoned, Madero stopped believing in the peaceful way to change power and launched the Saint Louis Plan in which he invited Mexicans to take up arms against Porfirio Díaz. Likewise, he promised to return the lands that were taken from the peasants.
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