Social Christian Republican Party

The Social Christian Republican Party is a Costa Rican political party founded in 2014 by former president Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier and his group of supporters as a splinter from the historical Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC).^[2] The party also uses the colors and a similar name of Calderón's father's party, the National Republican Party.^[3]

Social Christian Republican Party Partido Republicano Social Cristiano
President	Otto Roberto Vargas
Secretary-General	Rodolfo Sotomayor Aguilar
Presidential candidate	Rodolfo Hernández Gómez
Founded	28 June 2014
Split from	Social Christian Unity Party
Ideology	Christian democracy Conservatism Social conservatism Calderonism
Political position	Centre-right
International affiliation	Union of Latin American Parties[1]
Colours	Blue, red, and yellow
Legislative Assembly	0 / 57
Mayors	2 / 82
Alderpeople	23 / 508
Syndics	10 / 486
District councillors	66 / 1,944
Intendants	2 / 8
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The Party was created soon after the Calderonistas left PUSC due to unusually harsh clashes among the Calderonista and Liberal factions inside the party during the general election of 2014. Both factions have been historically rivals but generally work together after the primaries, but after the 2013 presidential primary in which the Calderonista candidate Dr. Rodolfo Hernández won, internal fighting between Hernández and the Liberal-led National Committee caused Hernández's resignation.

Hernández and Calderón founded the PRSC a few months after the election, and its first election was in the 2016 municipal elections, with the party electing one mayor, one intendant and several aldermen and syndics. Its candidate for the 2018 Costa Rican general election, is Hernández.^[4]