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- The Renewal Party (in Spanish: Partido Renovador, PREN) was a Panamanian right liberal political party. The Renewal Party was founded in 1947 by one of the factions.In 1946 five liberal parties have allied within the . Its five original parties were the (led by Domingo Díaz Arosemena), (under Enrique Adolfo Jiménez), (under ), (under Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón) and (founded by died ex-President Belisario Porras Barahona).After the 1947 nominating convention, one of the factions withdrew from the when their candidate failed to get the nomination and became the Renewal Party. For the 1948 elections, the PREN presented its presidential candidate, . At the beginning of 1948 withdrew from the presidential race and the PREN and National Revolutionary Party (PNR) formed a coalition to back of the PNR. polled 41,296 votes (20.82%) and came third. The PREN won 7 legislative seats. In 1952 the PREN joined the Liberal Party “del Matadero”, National Revolutionary Party, Authentic Revolutionary Party and Popular Union Party to form the National Patriotic Coalition (CPN) to support the presidential aspirations of Colonel José Antonio Remón Cantera, head of the National Police.Ricardo Arias, a leader of the PREN and son of became Second Vice-President to José Antonio Remón Cantera and taking over the presidency following Remon's assassination. In 1953 the National Patriotic Coalition was reorganized as a single party.Remon conceived of the CPN as a system whereby political power was wielded by one faction of the official party and then another.Following Remon's assassination in 1955, the former PREN faction under Ricardo Arias guided the CPN, but when Ernesto de la Guardia was elected president in 1956, he lured the Liberal Democrat faction away from the National Liberal Party (PLN) and gave it dominance in the CPN.De la Guardia abetted friction among the parties in the official coalition. In 1959 the former PREN faction left the CPN and registered as separate political party, Renewal Party. In 1960 PREN allied with the (AP) and its candidate of National Liberal Party (PLN). PREN polled 8,004 votes (03.31%) and won 1 legislative seat. In 1964 PREN allied with the (ANO) and its candidate of National Patriotic Coalition (CPN). PREN polled only 4,218 votes (01.33%) and won 1 legislative seat. The PREN was abolished by the Electoral Tribunal in 1964. (en)
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