 He is the National Coordinator of another political party, Voluntad Popular, a Socialist International affiliated party, which he founded in 2009.López has received multiple awards from NGOs and other organizations for his activism.Administrative sanctions were imposed on López by Venezuela's Comptroller's Office in 2004, disqualifying him from holding public office for six years (beginning in 2008, at the completion of his term as mayor, until 2014), following allegations of nepotism and misappropriation of funds.