The Grand Alliance for National Unity (GANA; Spanish: Gran Alianza por la Unidad Nacional) is a political party in El Salvador. The party established itself on 16 January 2010[4] and was recognized by the Supreme Electoral Court of El Salvador on 19 May of the same year.
The majority of party members came from the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA). Originally the defection from ARENA included 12 deputies in the Legislative Assembly. There have been accusations of ARENA members being bought or blackmailed by the GANA party in order to secure them in their party.[5][6][7] GANA has also been accused of multiple cases of corruption.[8][9][10]
On 1 June 2019, Nayib Bukele under the banner of the GANA party became the first president of El Salvador since José Napoleón Duarte to come from outside of the two major political parties in El Salvador, the ARENA and FMLN. Bukele is also the first president to be elected while a part of GANA.
↑https://www.elsalvador.com/eldiariodehoy/nelson-guardado-es-el-nuevo-presidente-de-gana/657907/2019/ Nelson Guardado es el nuevo presidente de GANA
↑"GANA:a la derecha del FMLN, a la izquierda de ARENA", ContraPunto, 5 February 2014, archived from the original on 29 March 2019, retrieved 8 April 2014
↑"GANA Convoca a Elecciones Internas para Elegir Candidatos Hacia el 2024"[GANA Invokes Internal Elections to Elect Candidates for 2024]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 2 March 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
↑"Gana firma acta de constitución como instituto político". El Diario de Hoy. 16 January 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
↑"Diputado Samayoa de ARENA se pasa a GANA". Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
↑"Diario digital de noticias de El Salvador". Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
↑"FMLN y Gana se oponen a que Ley contra Lavado de Dinero ejerza mayor control sobre políticos - el Faro". Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
↑Crespín, Verónica (27 June 2023). "Gana No Presentará Candidato a Presidente para Apoyar a Bukele"[GANA Will Not Present a Candidate for President to Support Bukele]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 June 2023.
