Democratic Alliance (Chile, 1983)

The left-wing parties and groups not represented in the AD, created the People's Democratic Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Democrático Popular, MDP) in September 1983.

[4] On August 22, 1983, the Democratic Alliance was created officially by signing a document called "Bases of the Dialogue for a Grand National Agreement", which contained three basic elements:[5] It was the first time since the coup of 1973, which was publicly formalized an opposition coalition to the military dictatorship of Pinochet.

In October 1983, the Popular Unitary Action Movement (MAPU) joined the Democratic Alliance, Jorge Molina being its representative in the coalition.

[6] In 1986, with the removal of PS Núñez (after the Party Congress held on 20 and 21 December of that year) and the Socialist Bloc,[4] the Democratic Alliance entered a phase of low profile because of the inability to fulfill their initial objectives and unwillingness to dialogue Pinochet government.

The member parties of the Democratic Alliance and other political groups formed the February 2, 1988 the National Command for the No to direct the voting campaign against the nomination of Pinochet as president for a period of eight years in the 1988 plebiscite.