Reformist Democratic Party (in Spanish: Partido Democrático Reformista) was a political party in Peru. It was founded in 1920 by Augusto Bernardino Leguía y Salcedo, whose regime, which began the previous year, had led to a dictatorial government. It was a party with a strong personal character, whose members included the friends and relatives of President Leguía, as well as many public employees. It lacked an ideology and an authentic program and was only organized to support Leguía in the perpetuation of him in power. After the fall of Leguía in 1930, it did not again have a leading role in Peruvian politics and ended up dissolving. Context At the end of the second government of President José Pardo y Barreda (of the Civilista Party), elections were called in 1919. The former president Augusto B. Leguía returned to Peru and launched his candidacy, supported by the Constitutional Party, whose leader was General Andrés Avelino Cáceres. Leguía presented himself as the standard bearer for a radical change in the country's structures. He proposed a series of reforms grouped around the idea of a "New Homeland", thus obtaining the support of a people hit by the social and economic crisis and who longed for such a change, after the failure of the civilistas. The same university students gave him his support and proclaimed him "Teacher of Youth", despite the fact that Leguía never had any academic title. Leguía's victory was inevitable, as there was no other more popular candidate. But claiming that his victory was not going to be recognized by the civilista government, Leguía staged a coup d'état on July 4, 1919, supported by the gendarmerie. Immediately afterwards, he assumed power as interim president and dissolved Congress. The next step for Leguía was to legalize his power. He proposed a plebiscite for a series of constitutional reforms that he considered necessary. These reforms included electing the President of the Republic and Congress at the same time, both with terms of five years (previously, the presidential term was four years and Parliament was renewed by thirds every two years). In this way, the Executive avoided having a parliament with an adverse majority. He simultaneously called elections to elect the representatives of a National Assembly, which during its first 30 days would be in charge of ratifying the constitutional reforms, that is, it would act as a Constituent Assembly. The National Assembly was