The presidential elections in Uruguay They are closer every day; while the political parties have already begun to make the pre-candidacies of their representatives official, although Town meeting It is still an unknown.
With the president Luis Lacalle Pou disqualified from appearing, despite your positive image, he National Party faces a renewal, but the other parties of the Multicolor Coalition and the opposition, with a Wide Front which has new figures.
The first step in this succession will take place on Sunday, June 30, 2024, when each party defines in internal elections who will be its candidates for the official appointment, which will be on Sunday, October 27 of next year.
The confirmed candidates of the National Party
Yesterday, the Secretary of the Presidency, Alvaro Delgado, confirmed that he will be a pre-candidate within the National Party in the elections next year and, hoping to avoid the internal one, he anticipated: “I want to be the next president.”
Regarding what he will do with his position, the leader explained that he will resign after a “transition” period, although without specifying a possible date. However, he clarified: “I am not going to speculate, nor do I ask for a license, I am resigning to be a candidate.”
Your main contender will be Laura Raffo, who launched his own sector (Sumar) and aims to “create a second stage of transformations that guarantees greater well-being for all Uruguayans.”
Senator also announced his candidacy Jorge Gandini, who stated that he comes “from the Wilsonist branch, which today is a minority within the party, but which represents many people.” Other leaders who would run for office are the senator Juan Sartori and the former deputy Carlos Iafigliola.
The four of the Broad Front
He Wide Front ended yesterday make its four pre-candidates official for the presidency of Uruguay in a National Plenary. Yamandú Orsi, Carolina Cosse, Andrés Lima and Mario Bergara They will be proclaimed in December, during the Frente-Amplista National Congress.
As previously announced, the Wide Front Thus, he took the first official step on his way to the internal elections to define the formula that will compete in next year’s general elections, in which they will compete for the possibility of returning to government power. In this regard, yesterday he made official the pre-candidacies of the four leaders who received the support of different sectors of the left coalition: mayor of Yamandu Orsi cannelloni; the mayor of Montevideo Carolina Cosse; the mayor of Andrés Lima Jump; and the senator Mario Bergara.
The options of the Colorado Party
For his part, the Colorado Party will have several candidates, including some hierarchs who asked for leave in the last few days to dedicate himself to the campaign. One of them was the now former president of the Central Board of Directors (Codicen) of the National Administration of Public Education (ANEP), Robert Silva, to whom his own Lacalle Pou He thanked him for “the educational transformation,” when he said goodbye to him in a public event.
The president of Antel did the same, Gabriel Gurmendez, who highlighted his management at the head of the public company and valued having “fulfilled the initial mandate of putting Antel at the service of the people.”
The Minister of Tourism will also run, Tabare Viera, who said that for him “it is a great honor” to be a pre-candidate. However, he did not present his resignation and clarified that he will do so in March, after a summer season that generates expectations in Uruguay.
The departmental exedil for Montevideo completes the red payroll, Andrés Ojeda; deputy Gustavo Zubia and the director of Telecommunications of the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining (MIEM), Guzmán Acosta y Lara. Nor should we rule out Pedro Bordaberry, who re-registered his sector and had public support.
The mystery of Cabildo Abierto
Regarding the rebel coalition party, Town meeting, the senator is emerging as a pre-candidate Guido Manini Ríos, who appeared in the last elections and obtained more than 11% of the votes. At times, she warned “government errors” in addition to disagreements and tensions in Parliament.
At the same time, Manini Rios Looking to the future, he warned that unity between the parties will occur “whenever the circumstances exist for there to be a new coalition” and he was against a joint program of the Multicolor Coalition. “It doesn’t work because it narrows the base. It would be like bringing forward the runoff,” she analyzed.
The Independent Party, with Pablo Mieres
In it Independent Party, the Minister of Labor and Social Security, Pablo Mieres, He assured that he is “available” to run again as a presidential candidate, after having been the candidate in 2019 and garnering 1.01% of the votes.
For my you are, the common program of the coalition “To many degrees it is valid” and postulated that “the programmatic development of the party for 2024 involves choosing what the emphases are and developing what are the concrete measures that the party is going to raise as its own flags.”
Source: Ambito
