Elsa Capillera announced that she will leave Guido Manini Ríos’ party to campaign for Andrés Ojeda’s candidacy for the Colorado Party.
The deputy of Cabildo Abierto (CA), Elsa Capilleraleft the party led by Guido Manini Ríos to join the ranks of Colorado Party and support the pre-candidacy of Andrés Ojeda. She is the second legislator in a few days to lose the sector that makes up the government coalition of Uruguay.
He start of the campaign Not only does it bring greater appearances by the pre-candidates and the beginning of significant exchanges between them, but it also begins political movements behind the scenes: ministers and officials who leave their positions to line up behind the different figures who position themselves in the electoral starting line; but also legislators who “change sides.”
This is the case of, for now, only Town meeting who, in recent days, saw two deputies leave through the back door: Ines Monzillo, substitute who joined the National Party to military the pre-candidacy of the former Secretary of the Presidency, Alvaro Delgado -within Space 40—; and, as it became known today, Elsa Capillera, who put on the red shirt to support Andrés Ojeda.
Both lobbying figures had already expressed their differences with the party led by Manini Ríos. In the case of Monzillo, he pointed out that he had had differences within the party for “some time.” “A year ago I met the deputy’s secretary Gianoli (Gabriel, National Party). He told me about his movements and introduced me to deputies Gianoli and (Rodrigo) Goñi. I felt represented, that there was a place for me there,” she explained at a press conference during the launch of Delgado’s campaign, an event she attended with the intention of expressing herself, but which were cut short due to a political strategy decision.
Capillera, for her part, appears distanced from those who, until today, were her coreligionists, since 2022, when she showed the first differences with the lobbying leadership and criticized Manini Ríos: “He gives a position to people who you don’t know where from.” is coming,” he said then.
The reaction of Cabildo Abierto
From the lobbyist kidney, meanwhile, they are still not concerned about the political movement suffered in such a short term. In that sense, and although it remains to know the reaction to the departure of deputy Capillera, the president of the party Guillermo Domenech He expressed last week, before Monzillo’s announcement, that “he is a figure who has no political significance.”
“It is painful to me that a person that we promoted, we gave him the opportunity to substitute and alternate in Chamber of Deputieswithout valid reasons take an attitude of this nature,” said the senator in dialogue with Azul FM.
“I don’t want to give importance to Monzillo’s decision because it doesn’t represent anything,” he said and added that, for him, he used Town meeting for “project.” “This is a case of ingratitude from someone who was called to live in anonymity. His legislative work was very poor and now culminates in kicking because he disagrees with the distribution of positions,” Domenech said.
Source: Ambito
