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{{Infobox political party
| country          = Curaçao
| name             = Workers' Liberation Front
| native_name      = Frente Obrero Liberashon
| logo             =
| leader           = [[Anthony Godett]] (1995-2016)
| foundation       = {{start date and age|1969|6|5|df=y}}<ref name=Versgeperst/>
| merger           =
| ideology         = [[Social democracy]]<ref name="Mangasina">{{Cite web|title=Frente Obrero Liberashon (FOL)|url=https://www.mangasina.com/bedrijf/frente-obrero-liberashon-fol|access-date=2021-01-05|website=Mangasina|language=pap}}</ref>
<br>[[Populism]]
| position         = [[Centre-left]] to [[left-wing]]
| youth_wing       =
| regional         = [[COPPPAL]] (Observer)
| slogan           = Sin Miedu (Without Fear)
| international    =
| colours          = Orange
| colorcode        = #FF7F00
| headquarters     = Kanga, Willemstad, Curaçao
| website          =
| seats1_title     =
| seats1           =
}}
The '''Workers' Liberation Front''' ({{langx|nl|Arbeiders Bevrijdingsfront}}, {{langx|pap|Frente Obrero Liberashon}}, '''FOL'''), officially the '''30 May Workers' Liberation Front Party''' ({{langx|nl|Arbeiders Bevrijdingsfront van 30 mei|links=no}}, {{langx|pap|Partido Frente Obrero Liberashon 30 Di Mei|links=no}}), is a [[Social democracy|social-democratic]] [[populism|populist]] [[political party]] in [[Curaçao]] founded in 1969. The party participated in the general elections for the Curaçao constituency in the [[Estates of the Netherlands Antilles]] and the Curaçao [[Island council (Netherlands Antilles)|Island council]] until the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in 2010. After losing its seat in the [[Estates of Curaçao]] following the [[2012 Curaçao general election]], the party is no longer represented in the Curaçao legislature.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.curacaochronicle.com/local/pueblo-soberano-biggest-party-after-elections-2012/|work=Curaçao Chronicle|title=Pueblo Soberano Biggest Party After Elections 2012|date=19 October 2012|access-date=2 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101011809/http://www.curacaochronicle.com/local/pueblo-soberano-biggest-party-after-elections-2012/|archive-date=1 November 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Netherlands Antilles==
The party was founded in 1969 and named after the [[1969 Curaçao uprising|riots/uprising of 30 May]]. When Wilson Godett and Stanley Brown were elected in the Estates of the Netherlands Antilles, they were still in jail for their connections with the riots; but their upcoming membership in the Estates set them free.<ref name=Versgeperst>{{cite web|url=http://www.versgeperst.com/nieuws/175269/partijen-aan-het-woord-frente-obrero.html|language=nl|title=Partijen aan het woord: Frente Obrero|date=12 October 2012|access-date=13 October 2012|author=Leoni Leidel-Schenk}}</ref> During the 2002 and [[2006 Netherlands Antilles general election|2006]] elections respectively, the party won 5 and 2 of the 14 Curaçao-seats in the 22 seat [[Estates of the Netherlands Antilles]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kse.cw/registrosivil/land2006/uitslag2006/index.html|title=Totaaluitslag 2006|work=Main Electoral Office, Curaçao (Conseho Supremo Elektoral)|access-date=3 October 2012|language=nl}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kse.cw/registrosivil/land2002/uitslag2002/index.html|title=Totaaluitslag 2002|work=Main Electoral Office, Curaçao (Conseho Supremo Elektoral)|access-date=3 October 2012|language=nl}}</ref> but during the 2010 election the party failed to obtain any seats.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kse.cw/land2010.html|title=Totaaluitslag 2010|work=Main Electoral Office, Curaçao (Conseho Supremo Elektoral)|access-date=3 October 2012|language=nl}}</ref>
In 2003, the party obtained eight seats and became the largest party in the 21-seat island council (with 34% of the vote),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kse.cw/registrosivil/eiland2003/uitslag2003/index.html|title=Verkiezingsuitslag 2003|work=Main Electoral Office, Curaçao (Conseho Supremo Elektoral)|access-date=3 October 2012|language=nl}}</ref> dropping to 2 seats in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kse.cw/eiland2007.html|title=Eilandsraadverkiezingen, 2007.|work=Main Electoral Office, Curaçao (Conseho Supremo Elektoral)|access-date=3 October 2012|language=nl}}</ref> The party delivered two [[prime-ministers of the Netherlands Antilles]]: Ben Komproe and [[Mirna Louisa-Godett]]. The latter was only appointed as Governor [[Frits Goedgedrag]] refused to inaugurate her brother (and son of Wilson Godett) {{ill|Anthony Godett|nl}}. The single seat<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kse.cw/eiland2010.html|title=Eilandsraadverkiezingen, 27 augustus 2010.|work=Main Electoral Office, Curaçao (Conseho Supremo Elektoral)|access-date=3 October 2012|language=nl}}</ref> the party obtained in the Island council election of 2010 (held by Anthony Godett) automatically became a seat in the [[Estates of Curaçao]] upon the [[Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles]] in 2010.
==Election results ==
During the elections of 2012, the party participated in the elections, obtaining 1,790 votes (2.1%). This was not enough for a seat.
The party participated in order to qualify for participating in the elections in [[2016 Curaçao general election|2016]] and [[2017 Curaçao general election|2017]], in which it needed to obtain 870 and 792 votes respectively (1% of the turnout in the previous elections). The party did not manage to do so in 2016 (with 622 votes), but in 2017 it did, in a joint list with [[Partido Aliansa Nobo]] (1,124 votes). It did not obtain a seat in the parliament in the 2017 elections.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Election
!Votes
!%!! Seats
!+/–
!Leader
|-
!1969
|
|
|{{Composition bar|3|12|#FF6600}}
|{{increase}} 3
| rowspan="8" |[[Wilson Godett]]
|-
!1973
|
|
|{{Composition bar|3|12|#FF6600}}
|{{steady}} 0
|-
!1977
|
|
|{{Composition bar|3|12|#FF6600}}
|{{steady}} 0
|-
!1979
|
|
|{{Composition bar|0|12|#FF6600}}
|{{decrease}} 3
|-
!1982
|
|
|{{Composition bar|0|12|#FF6600}}
|{{steady}} 0
|-
!1985
|
|
|{{Composition bar|1|14|#FF6600}}
|{{increase}} 1
|-
!1990
|
|
|{{Composition bar|3|14|#FF6600}}
|{{increase}} 2
|-
!1994
|
|
|{{Composition bar|0|14|#FF6600}}
|{{decrease}} 3
|-
!1998
|
|
|{{Composition bar|2|14|#FF6600}}
|{{increase}} 2
| rowspan="4" |[[Anthony Godett]]
|-
![[2002 Netherlands Antilles general election|2002]]
|18,383
|22.24
|{{Composition bar|5|14|#FF6600}}
|{{increase}} 3
|-
![[2006 Netherlands Antilles general election|2006]]
|9,582
|13.59
|{{Composition bar|2|14|#FF6600}}
|{{decrease}} 3
|-
![[2010 Netherlands Antilles general election|2010]]
|4,354
|
|{{Composition bar|0|14|#FF6600}}
|{{decrease}} 2
|}
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="6" |Curaçao general elections
|-
! Year
!Leader
! Votes !!% !! Seats
!+/– seats
|-
![[1971 Netherlands Antilles island council elections|1971]]
| rowspan="6" |[[Wilson Godett]]
|?
|?
|{{Composition bar|3|21|#FF6600}}
|{{increase}} 3
|-
![[1975 Netherlands Antilles island council elections|1975]]
|?
|?
|{{Composition bar|8|21|#FF6600}}
|{{increase}} 5
|-
![[1979 Netherlands Antilles island council elections|1979]]
|?
|?
|{{Composition bar|1|21|#FF6600}}
|{{decrease}} 7
|-
![[1983 Netherlands Antilles island council elections|1983]]
|4,503
|6.51
|{{Composition bar|1|21|#FF6600}}
|{{steady}} 0
|-
![[1987 Netherlands Antilles island council elections|1987]]
|5,386
|7.56
|{{Composition bar|1|21|#FF6600}}
|{{steady}} 0
|-
![[1991 Netherlands Antilles island council elections|1991]]
|16,603
|23.54
|{{Composition bar|5|21|#FF6600}}
|{{increase}} 4
|-
![[1995 Netherlands Antilles island council elections|1995]]
| rowspan="6" |[[Anthony Godett]]
|6,841
|9.72
|{{Composition bar|2|21|#FF6600}}
|{{decrease}} 3
|-
![[1999 Netherlands Antilles island council elections|1999]]
|12,631
|17.90
|{{Composition bar|4|21|#FF6600}}
|{{increase}} 2
|-
![[2003 Netherlands Antilles island council elections|2003]]
|22,745
|33.86
|{{Composition bar|8|21|#FF6600}}
|{{increase}} 4
|-
![[2007 Netherlands Antilles island council elections|2007]]
|7,648
|10.27
|{{Composition bar|2|21|#FF6600}}
|{{decrease}} 6
|-
![[2010 Curaçao general election|2010]]
|4,813
|6.47
|{{Composition bar|1|21|#FF6600}}
|{{decrease}} 1
|-
![[2012 Curaçao general election|2012]]
|1,790
|2.06
|{{Composition bar|0|21|#FF6600}}
|{{decrease}} 1
|-
![[2016 Curaçao general election|2016]]
| colspan="5" |''Did not contest''
|-
![[2017 Curaçao general election|2017]]
|
|859
|1.09
|{{Composition bar|0|21|#FF6600}}
|{{steady}} 0
|-
![[2021 Curaçao general election|2021]]
| colspan="5" |''Did not contest''
|}
== Candidates ==
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! colspan="4" |2007
! colspan="4" |2010
! colspan="4" |2012<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lijstnummer 1: Movementu Futuro Korsou (MFK) - PDF Free Download|url=https://docplayer.nl/24065600-Lijstnummer-1-movementu-futuro-korsou-mfk.html|access-date=2021-11-21|website=docplayer.nl}}</ref>
|-
!Nr.
!Name
!Sex
!Votes
!Nr.
!Name
!Sex
!Votes
!Nr.
!Name
!Sex
!Votes
|-
!1.
|'''Anthony Amadeo Godett'''
|male
|3767
!1.
|'''Anthony Amadeo Godett'''
|male
|3005
!1.
|Anthony Amadeo Godett
|male
|925
|-
!2.
|'''Renfred A. Rojer'''
|
|353
!2.
|Junïel Reinaldo Carolina
|male
|362
!2.
|Junïel Reinaldo Carolina
|male
|125
|-
!3.
|Jacinta Venancia Adelaida Constancia
|female
|1296
!3.
|Almier M. Godett
|male
|253
!3.
|Irving Charles Jano
|male
|131
|-
!4.
|Julio G. Constansia
|male
|633
!4.
|Julio G. Constansia
|male
|120
!4.
|Maricel Irene Sakoetoe
|female
|63
|-
!5.
|Junïel Reinaldo Carolina
|male
|230
!5.
|Jefferdion G.R. Polonius
|male
|72
!5.
|Eddy Genaro Desiderio Balentien
|male
|17
|-
!6.
|J.E. Louisa
|
|72
!6.
|Edmiro P. Jansen
|male
|50
!6.
|Edmiro Pedro Jansen
|male
|15
|-
!7.
|Ivan A. Strick
|male
|99
!7.
|Maria C.H.C.R. Nita
|
|78
!7.
|Leonel Clement Abrahams
|male
|59
|-
!8.
|E.E. Capella
|
|108
!8.
|Jagdish J. Oedjaghir
|male
|85
!8.
|Vladimir Omar Garcia
|male
|39
|-
!9.
|R.A. Sling
|
|117
!9.
|Ronald A. Carolina
|male
|31
!9.
|Rennox Francis Calmes
|male
|41
|-
!10.
|Hubert A. Rojer
|male
|63
!10.
|Frensel José Marchena
|male
|66
!10.
|Jason Oliver Matthew
|male
|27
|-
!11.
|R.D.A. Douglass
|
|47
!11.
|Ramsey Leonardo Betorina
|male
|35
!11.
|Edison Johannes Antonius E. Maduro
|male
|22
|-
!12.
|R.J. Ocalia
|
|48
!12.
|Rennox Francis Calmes
|male
|61
!12.
|Frensel José Marchena
|male
|15
|-
!13.
|Mayerdith Anicleta Bouwland-Luciano
|female
|44
!13.
|Emanuel, Humfried  A.
|male
|21
!13.
|Mayerdith Anicleta Bouwland-Luciano
|female
|27
|-
!14.
|Maricel Irene Sakoetoe
|female
|70
!14.
|Leonel Clement Abrahams
|male
|80
!14.
|Verlon Jason Bernardo Donker
|male
|39
|-
!15.
|H.M. Römer-van Rossum
|female
|32
!15.
|Samuel E.F.R. Rose
|male
|41
!15.
|Hensley Gordiano Martina
|male
|27
|-
!16.
|E.G. Kowsoleea
|
|37
!16.
|Ivan A. Strick
|male
|34
!16.
|Richenel S.M. Meulens
|male
|14
|-
!17.
|M.N.J. Rojer
|
|45
!17.
|Rignald J. Ocalia
|
|49
!17.
|Ramsey Leonardo Betorina
|male
|27
|-
!18.
|Almier M. Godett
|male
|153
!18.
|Dominique L.M.F. Adriaens
|
|16
!18.
|Kenneth Eusebio Filesia
|male
|26
|-
!19.
|M.L.B. Martes
|
|9
!19.
|Jerrel  R. Constancia
|male
|26
!19.
|Carolaine Birginia Ilario
|female
|17
|-
!20.
|E.E. Ignecia
|
|33
!20.
|Hubert A. Rojer
|male
|25
!20.
|Eliseo Galverio Balyn
|male
|30
|-
!21.
|L.T. Girigori
|
|45
!21.
|Harryson F. Martijn
|male
|31
!21.
|Ernesto Antonio Bernardina
|male
|11
|-
!22.
|A.J. Koeiman
|
|36
!22.
|Edison Johannes Antonius E. Maduro
|male
|34
!22.
|Richard Eldemiro Josefa
|male
|2
|-
!23.
|V.E. Krips
|
|64
!23.
|Humphrey F.S.Kwidama
|male
|27
!23.
|Robert Eduard A. Rosales
|male
|10
|-
!24.
|Leonel Clement Abrahams
|male
|21
!24.
|Lery A.L. Regales
|
|16
!24.
|Herbert Nicolás de Tolentino Balentina
|male
|13
|-
!25.
|R.R.P. Balentien
|
|18
!25.
|Richenel S.M. Meulens
|male
|20
!25.
|Gilbert Francisco Felicia
|male
|3
|-
!26.
|Maurice Hubert Pierre Philippe Adriaens
|male
|51
!26.
|Sidney G. Capella
|
|19
!26.
|Luïgi Kronstadt
|male
|13
|-
!27.
|Edison Johannes Antonius E. Maduro
|male
|67
!27.
|Verlon Jason Bernardo Donker
|male
|56
!27.
|Michael Constantino Girigorie
|male
|7
|-
!28.
|E.M. la Croes
|
|8
!28.
|Gislaine S. Rogers
|female
|25
!28.
|Millicent Marlene Melania Gracia
|female
|4
|-
!29.
|J.A. Clemencia
|
|82
!29.
|Mirna Altecracia Louisa-Godett
|female
|75
!29.
|Mirna Altecracia Louisa-Godett
|female
|41
|-
! colspan="3" |Total
!7,648
! colspan="3" |Total
!4,813
! colspan="3" |Total
!1,790
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Curaçao political parties}}
{{Netherlands Antilles political parties}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Party Workers' Liberation Front 30th Of May}}
[[Category:Political parties in Curaçao]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1969]]
[[Category:1969 establishments in the Netherlands Antilles]]
[[Category:Social democratic parties in the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Populism in the Netherlands]]