President Sergio Mena Founded July 8, 2012 Political position Centre | Secretary-General Luz Mary Alpízar Ideology Liberalism Colours Blue and orange | |
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New Generation Party is a liberal political party in Costa Rica. The party was founded in 2012 in order to partake in the 2014 general election. The party defines itself as a political organization directed toward young people and holds a culturally-liberal platform (as polls show most young Costa Ricans are culturally liberal) in support of subjects like same-sex marriage, In vitro fertilization and Church-state separation. It also describes itself as "centrist" and pragmatic in economic policy.
In the 2014 elections its nominee was party's founder Sergio Mena, former councilor of Montes de Oca municipal council and president of this. Mena was also first in parliamentary list, but the party did not earn enough votes to enter Parliament and Mena himself received 1.2% of the presidential vote.
Yet, in the following 2016 mid-term municipal elections, the party won three cantons therefore electing three mayors and many councilors, and placed in fourth after some of Costa Rica's major parties like PLN, PAC and PUSC. Most of the party's candidates though were already well known political figures rejected by their original parties.