The secretary general of Colorado Partythe political history, Julio María Sanguinetti, He announced in December that he would leave his position starting in March and the party internal party still cannot define who will replace him amid complaints from some representatives who question that it was decided two months before the party’s interim elections. the presidential candidacies.
At a sector meeting Batllistas, where several leaders made official their support for the candidacy of the Minister of Tourism, Tabaré Viera, In mid-December of last year, the former president assured that in March “a cycle ends.”
In that sense, the former president noted: “We built the alternative, we won the election and we worked from the coalition. Now that gives way to another stage and a renewal process comes.”
In any case, he clarified that it is far from being a retirement. “Naturally I will continue in political life, in the Executive Council, fighting for my ideas,” expressed one of the great political leaders of Uruguay.
Controversy over the replacement of Sanguinetti
So far, the PC has not been able to come up with a replacement for the general secretary. In that sense, according to the party’s statute, whoever must replace him will have to be one of the 15 members of the party. National Executive Committee (CEN) of the Colorado Party.
The former president’s decision generated some discomfort within the party, such as that of the deputy for the Citizens, Ope Pasquet, who assured that Sanguinetti’s resignation “does not make sense.” The deputy’s position refers to the fact that internal elections will not be held in June of this year due to the presidential nominations within the party.
The former Minister of the Environment and current general coordinator of that red current and member of the CEN, Adrian Pena, coincides with Pasquet’s claim. “No one is going to change the reality of the party in three months, when we are also in the middle of the campaign. “No one will be able to have an action plan or a roadmap because they know that it will be taken over by someone else soon,” said the politician.
Who are the presidential candidates for the PC?
He Colorado Party will have several candidates, including some hierarchs who asked for leave in November of last year 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.
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.
Source: Ambito
