Cerna (political organization)

Cerna (Heartwood in English) was a Galician political party founded in 2014 and had an ideology based in Galician nationalism, direct democracy, anticapitalism, feminism and alter-globalization.^[3] It was created to organize the critical sector of Anova-Nationalist Brotherhood that focuses on highlighting the nationalist and assembly-based character of the party.^[4][5] In 2018, the party was integrated within En Marea.

Cerna
Spokesperson	Paula Verao Luís Eyré
Founded	2014 (2014)
Dissolved	2018
Merged into	En Marea
Membership (2014)	276[1]
Ideology	Galician nationalism Direct democracy Galician independence Alter-globalization Feminism Anticapitalism Internationalism[2]
Political position	Left-wing
Regional affiliation	En Marea (2016–2018)
Trade union affiliation	Confederación Intersindical Galega
Galician Parliament	0 / 75
Website
cerna.org (in Galician)
Politics of Galicia Political parties

History

At the 2014 National Assembly of Anova, CERNA was allocated only 3 seats in the party's National Council. The 3 elected representatives resigned,^[6] and CERNA conducted an internal referendum to decide if they should leave Anova-Nationalist Brotherhood and form a separate party.^[7] Finally, the organization decided to leave ANOVA, with 75% of its members supporting the split. The turnout comprised 73% of the organization's activists (201 of 276).^[8][9]