Party of Culture, Education and Labour

Party of Culture, Education and Labour
Partido de la Cultura, la Educación y el Trabajo
LeaderHugo Moyano[1]
Founded12 February 2013 (2013-02-12)[2][3]
Split fromJusticialist Party
Membership (2017) 23,345[4][5]
IdeologyPeronism[6]
Syndicalism[7]
Labourism[8]
Political positionCentre-left[9]
National affiliationHomeland Force[10]
Seats in the Chamber of Deputies
1 / 257
Seats in the Senate
0 / 72

The Party of Culture, Education and Labour (Spanish: Partido de la Cultura, la Educación y el Trabajo; CET), also sometimes simply known as the CET Party (Spanish: Partido CET), is a minor Peronist and labourist political party in Argentina founded in 2013 by teamsters' union leader and former Secretary General of the CGT, Hugo Moyano.[1][2] The party is closely allied with the Justicialist Party, and presently forms part of the Unión por la Patria,[10] the ruling coalition which supported the President Alberto Fernández.[11][12]

It presently has minimal representation at the federal level, with Hugo Moyano's son, Facundo Moyano, serving in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies since 2011 (and having been a member of CET since its foundation in 2013).[13] Up until 2019, Jorge Taboada, a member of the party, was National Deputy representing Chubut Province.[14] The party also became a part of the Fuerza Patria coalition, and fielded one candidate on its behalf, Hugo Moyano Jr., in the Buenos Aires list for the 2025 Argentine legislative election.[15]

Ideology

The CET was founded by Hugo Moyano, the leader of the "rebel" faction of the General Confederation of Labour, the Truck Drivers' Union (MTA). Moyano was a strong support of the Néstor Kirchner, as well as Cristina Fernández de Kirchner during her first term. In 2009, he became the vice-president of the Justicialist Party in the Buenos Aires Province, and in 2010 he became the president of the party in the province following the resignation of Alberto Balestrini. However, he resigned from his post in 2011 in protest to the Peronist old guard being replaced by members of La Cámpora on the electoral lists for the 2011 Argentine general election. From there, Moyano decided to start an independent political party that would force concessions in favor for trade unionists.[16]

The party is considered Peronist,[6] syndicalist,[7] and labourist.[8] It considers itself a "superior alternative" to Kirchnerism, stating that despite its left-wing narrative, Kirchnerism "has become neoliberal".[2] It seeks to represent "a combative left that is not tainted by the rottenness of the [Kirchnerist] services, that defends class independence and fights for the workers to truly govern." However, the Trotskyist La Izquierda Diario criticized the party representatives for meeting with formerly Menemist and socially conservative politicians.[17] According to the party's founder, Moyano, the party's "intention is to maintain a party that reflects the essence of Peronism, which is the workers. Without them, it would be a liberal party." Moyano became known for criticizing the Kirchnerist governments for what he perceived as fiscal conservatism, "right-wing rhetoric" and failure to live up to the promises of social inclusion. He demanded additional taxes on the financial sector and renationalization of the Banco Hipotecario, arguing that while Kirchnerism renationalized many state-owned companies, it failed to reverse privatization in the banking sector.[18] Despite its criticism of Peronism, ahead of the 2019 election the party joined the Kirchnerist bloc in order to ensure the representation of trade unionists on the Peronist electoral lists.[19]

Election results

President

Election Candidate Coalition First round Second round Result
Votes % Votes %
2015 Sergio Massa   United for a New Alternative 5,386,977 21.39 (3rd) N Defeated
2019 Alberto Fernández   Frente de Todos 12,473,709 48.10 (1st) N/a Y Elected

Chamber of Deputies

Election Votes % Seats won Total seats Position Presidency Notes
2015 4,115,826 17.6 (#3rd) 2
2 / 257
 Minority Mauricio Macri (PRO—Cambiemos) within United for a New Alternative
2019 11,359,508 45.50 (#1st) 1
1 / 257
 Minority Alberto Fernández (PJ—FDT) within Frente de Todos
2021
2023
2025

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Basualdo, Francisco (5 June 2019). "El giro de Lavagna y la jugada de CFK reordenan la CGT, que pide unidad". Letra P (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Moyano lanza su "Partido por la Cultura, la Educación y el Trabajo"". La Nación (in Spanish). 12 February 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Se presentaron nueve alianzas en la provincia de Buenos Aires". Télam (in Spanish). 13 June 2013. Archived from the original on 21 October 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  4. ^ "AFILIACIONES A LOS PARTIDOS POLITICOS". electoral.gob.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Estadística de Afiliados" (PDF). electoral.gob.ar (in Spanish). 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  6. ^ a b
  7. ^ a b Cruz, Facundo (2018). Construyendo House of Cards. Partidos y coaliciones en Argentina, 1995-2015 (PDF) (Doctoral thesis). Universidad Nacional de San Martín. p. 251. Sobre esa base de vinculaciones, para la competencia por diputados nacionales se formó en la provincia la Alianza Unidos por una Nueva Alternativa – UNA, integrada por el Partido Identidad Salteña (liderado por el propio Sáez) y por el Partido de la Cultura, la Educación y el Trabajo (cuyo referente es hoy en día el sindicalista Hugo Moyano). [On the basis of these links, the Alianza Unidos por una Nueva Alternativa – UNA (Alliance United for a New Alternative) was formed in the province to compete for national deputies. It was made up of the Partido Identidad Salteña (Salteña Identity Party, led by Sáez himself) and the Partido de la Cultura, la Educación y el Trabajo (Culture, Education and Labour Party, whose leader today is the syndicalist Hugo Moyano).]
  8. ^ a b "El giro de Lavagna y la jugada de CFK reordenan la CGT, que pide unidad". LetraP (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  9. ^
    • "Negociaciones a contrarreloj para el cierre de alianzas electorales". El Chaco (in Spanish). 2 April 2019. Otro frente con fuerzas liderados por la línea 17 de Octubre (intendentes) y la centro izquierda será integrado por Convocatoria Popular, Kolina, la Democracia Cristiana y el Partido de la Cultura, la Educación y el Trabajo (Camioneros), además de un grupo de organizaciones sociales. [Another front led by the 17 October line (mayors) and the centre-left parties will be made up of Convocatoria Popular, Kolina, the Christian Democrats and the Party of Culture, Education and Labour (Camioneros), as well as a group of social organisations.]
    • Montes, José (26 February 2015). "Acto en el Luna Park. ¿A quién representa el partido de Moyano?". La Izquierda Diario (in Spanish). Que hay una izquierda combativa que no está enchastrada con la podredumbre de los "servicios", que defiende la independencia de clase y pelea para realmente gobiernen los trabajadores. [That there is a combative left that is not tainted by the rottenness of the ‘services’, that defends class independence and fights for workers to truly govern.]
  10. ^ a b "Unión por la Patria: ¿cuál es el origen de la coalición y quién la compone?". Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  11. ^ "Frenan la designación de Josefina Medrano en la Superintendencia de Salud". El Tribuno (in Spanish). 22 September 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  12. ^ "EN LA SEDE DEL PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA DE CABA SE REALIZÓ AYER LA CHARLA DEBATE "GÉNERO Y SINDICALISMO"". SUTPA (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 September 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  13. ^ "Facundo Moyano, sobre su salto al massismo: "Es una decisión tomada"". La Nación (in Spanish). 22 November 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  14. ^ "Agrupaciones se suman al partido Cultura, Educación y Trabajo". El Chubut (in Spanish). 11 March 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  15. ^ "Los principales dirigentes de la CGT quedaron afuera del armado de listas del PJ". Análisis Digital (in Spanish). 20 August 2025.
  16. ^ Armelino, Martín (2016). "Los sindicalistas en el parlamento argentino (2013-2015)" [The trade unionists in the Argentine Parliament (2013-2015)] (PDF). Revista Agenda Política (in Spanish). 4 (3): 278. ISSN 2318-8499. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2024.
  17. ^ Montes, José (26 February 2015). "Acto en el Luna Park. ¿A quién representa el partido de Moyano?". La Izquierda Diario (in Spanish).
  18. ^ "Moyano: "El Gobierno te amaga con la izquierda y te saca con la derecha"". La Nación (in Spanish). 16 January 2013.
  19. ^ "Moyano relanzó su partido de la cultura, educación y trabajo en un acto en La Matanza". Nuevos Papeles (in Spanish). 6 June 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
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