Answer» What is Polo Democrático Alternativo mean?
The Alternative Democratic Pole (Spanish: Polo Democrático Alternativo or PDA) is a social democratic political party in Colombia.
It was founded as a political alliance of the Independent Democratic Pole (PDI) and the Democratic Alternative (AD) in December 2005. Both parties opposed the neoliberal economic program, securitization and militarization of Colombia under then-President Álvaro Uribe. Subsequently, it was the only parliamentary party to declare opposition to the government of Juan Manuel Santos, and has joined the opposition against the government of Ivan Duque.
As of 2009, a considerable part of PDA politicians consist of former guerrilla fighters who gave up armed struggle and demobilized during the late 1980s and early 1990s. As of 2012, a considerable part of PDA politicians including the former guerrilla fighters are affiliated by will to the Green Party or to Movimiento Progresistas, or by disciplinary action to Marcha Patriótica, instead of PDA.
