New Republic Party (Costa Rica)
The New Republic Party is a Costa Rican Christian-conservative political party founded on January 30, 2019. The party was founded after the resignation of the evangelical singer and journalist Fabricio Alvarado Muñoz to the Christian party National Restoration for disagreements with the Executive Committee chaired by Deputy Carlos Avendaño. Alvarado was the latter's presidential candidate in the 2018 elections with major protagonism, since he was the most voted in the first round with 25% of the votes and jumping into the run-off but was defeated by the Citizen's Action Party nominee Carlos Alvarado Quesada.
After a series of disputes arising from irregular contracts made by the campaign team without permission from the Executive Committee and the apparent payment of the surveys published by the firm OPol Consultores, there were mutual accusations between Alvarado and Avendaño that led to the exit of the former and the foundation of his own party together with the majority of deputies elected by PRN.
The party finalized the recollection of signatures required by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal and carried out the 82 cantonal assemblies that culminated in the founding National Assembly on January 30, 2019. Its first major nation-wide election was the 2020 Costa Rican municipal elections with disappointing results, as the party did not win any mayoralty and only managed to elect 29 aldermen.
