Unitary Platform

The Democratic Unitary Platform (Spanish: Plataforma Unitaria Democrática; PUD), or just the Unitary Platform (Spanish: Plataforma Unitaria; PU), is a Venezuelan opposition political alliance made up of civil society, trade unions, retired military personnel, political parties, and deputies of the 2016–2021 National Assembly.

Democratic Unitary Platform Plataforma Unitaria Democrática
Abbreviation	PUD or PU ; Unidad
Leader	María Corina Machado
Secretary-General	José Luis Cartaya
Spokesperson	Omar Barboza
Founded	21 April 2021; 4 years ago (2021-04-21)
Preceded by	Democratic Unity Roundtable
Ideology	Anti-Chavismo Liberal democracy
Political position	Big tent
National Assembly	12 / 277
Latin American Parliament	0 / 12
Mercosur Parliament	0 / 23
Governors	3 / 23
Mayor	62 / 335
State legislatures	50 / 253
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History

On April 21, 2021, Juan Guaidó presented a document on a new opposition alliance called the Unitary Platform, which integrates civil society, trade unions, retired military personnel, political parties and deputies of the National Assembly elected for the period 2016-2021 with more inclusive and comprehensive features.^[1] At the end of June 2021, the National Electoral Council (CNE) rehabilitated the Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) as a national political party in order to participate in 2021 regional elections.^[2][3] On August 31, 2021, the MUD rejoined the Venezuelan electoral landscape with the support of the Unitary Platform, but with the use of the MUD card and the coalition is rehabilitated by the CNE and the political parties belonging to the FAVL with the intention of participating in the regionals on November 21.^[4][5]

Members

The following parties are part of the Unitary Platform:

Party				Ideology	Position	Leader	National Assembly
		AD	Democratic Action[a] Acción Democrática	Social democracy Venezuelan nationalism	Centre-left	Henry Ramos Allup[a]	11 / 277
		COPEI	Independent Political Electoral Organization Committee[b] Comité de Organización Política Electoral Independiente	Christian democracy Catholic social teaching Christian humanism Social conservatism Subsidiarity	Centre to centre-right	Roberto Enriquez[b]	1 / 277
		UNT	A New Era Un Nuevo Tiempo	Social democracy Reformism Progressivism	Centre-left	Manuel Rosales	0 / 277
		VP	Popular Will Voluntad Popular	Social democracy Progressivism	Centre-left	Leopoldo López	0 / 277
		PJ	Justice First Primero Justicia	Big tent Humanism Conservatism	Centre-right	Tomás Guanipa	0 / 277
		MPV	Movement for Venezuela Movimiento por Venezuela	Social democracy Democratic socialism Progressivism Latin American integration	Centre-left	Simón Calzadilla	0 / 277
		Convergencia	National Convergence Convergencia Nacional	Social conservatism Christian democracy Social market economy Christian humanism	Centre-right	Juan José Caldera	0 / 277
		EC	Citizen Encounter Encuentro Ciudadano	Social liberalism	Centre-right	Delsa Solórzano	0 / 277
		La Causa Я	Radical Cause La Causa Radical	Radical democracy Democratic socialism Labourism Radicalism	Centre-left	Andrés Velásquez	0 / 277
		PRVZL	Project Venezuela Proyecto Venezuela	Christian democracy Liberal conservatism Social conservatism	Centre-right	Henrique Salas Römer Henrique Salas Feo	0 / 277

See also

• Democratic Unity Roundtable
• Democratic Alliance (Venezuela)
• Free Venezuela Broad Front

Notes

1. Faction of the party, led by Henry Ramos Allup
2. Faction of the party, led by Roberto Enriquez