The senator and leader of Open Town Hall (CA), Guido Manini Ríosannounced that he may possibly present himself as a pre-candidate for the presidency of Uruguay for his party, that the sector is working on a parity formula still undefined, although the former Minister of Housing and Territorial Planning (MVOT) is not included in the list.
Town meeting It is the only party that integrates the government coalition that has not yet defined its own electoral map for the internal which, in principle, would be in June 2024. However, the general assumption is that Manini Ríos will be the one who heads the lobbying formula; Even so he is shuffled into the ranks of the sector.
In that sense, the senator told Telemundo that “probably” the candidate for CAand that “probably” promotes a parity formula”: “I think it is good to represent women at all levels of the party,” she highlighted. In any case, she clarified that this is not “necessarily mandatory” and that within the party that leads, women are valued “without the need for quotas”, but rather “based on the value” of each one of them.
Given the alternative of the parity formula on the table, the name of Irene Moreira as one of the most representative female figures of Town meeting It came up in the conversation, but Manini Ríos quickly ruled out that possibility. “Surely” the former minister — who is also his wife — will not be his running mate, she said.
Although she did not give reasons, it is worth remembering the recent controversy over the awarding of homes to lobbyists that led the former head of the MVOT to resign from her position, after the president himself Luis Lacalle Pou asked him to resign; something that further strained the relationship between the government leadership and the “rebel party” of the Multicolor Coalition.
A nod to the coalition
In the same line of conversation, Manini Ríos commented that “they are forming internal currents” within Town meeting that they are going to give “a special dynamic” to the internal one, but also to the entire electoral process in which the coalition will seek a second term. “They all have a common thread, whether economic or public safety,” clarified the lobbyist leader.
Beyond this, he assured that “the coalition is here to stay and it is necessary, otherwise we enter into a blockade.”
The comment is still significant coming from the leader of the sector that gave the government the most headaches, and who even threatened on several occasions to break the political agreement that allowed Lacalle Pou to wear the presidential sash in 2020. In that sense, the decision already almost taken that Moreira does not occupy a decisive place in the internal party, it can also be interpreted as a political gesture —in addition to a question of image in public opinion—, considering the deterioration it generated in the Multicolor Coalition the entire process of his resignation.
“Sometimes there are frictions that generate some discomfort,” Manini Ríos said, in that sense, but assured that he has “dialogue with the president.” “I have respect for him and I wish him to finish his term in the best possible way.”
In this regard, the lobbyist leader pointed out that “until the last day of this administration there must be governance and parliamentary majority to reach solutions to the problems that people have.” And although he recognized clear differences between CA and its white and colored partners, he considered that the fact that “there are different visions gives it strength to the coalition”
Source: Ambito
