The former television host is expected to be announced as a new member of the Frente Amplio political sector next Tuesday, after 34 years at the helm of the Subrayado news program.
The former historical host of Subrayado, Blanca Rodriguez, would join the Popular Participation Movement (MPP) as a member of the list to Senate, among the top spots, in an official announcement to be made on Tuesday.
With the announcement of her retirement from the newscast after 34 years as a news anchor, Rodriguez said that new challenges awaited her, outside of communication and journalism. Speculations about her entry into the newscast political sphere They started from then on, and she was immediately linked to the Broad Front.
Now, Informativo Sarandí reported that the MPP would announce next Tuesday the incorporation of the former journalist into the political space that is part of the opposition, with a place on the list of candidates for senators. According to political sources, Rodríguez would be above the fourth place on the list for the Senate, which makes her entry into the party very possible. Upper House, from the survey numbers.
There were also other new names in the announcement. And although the first places were occupied by Jose Mujica and Lucia Topolansky will not occupy a seat, it is also expected that, in an eventual victory of the Broad Front, The replacements then occupy positions in the Executive power. The chances of Rodriguez and other candidates representing the left-wing coalition in the Senate are therefore increasing even further.
According to sources cited by Informativo Sarandí, the negotiations with Blanca Rodríguez were carried out solely and exclusively by Mujica and Topolansky, and the main leaders of the MPP were kept out of these contacts that have lasted more than 4 years.
The Broad Front’s chances in the Senate
He Broad Front would get the majority in the Senate in the next general elections in October, but not in the House of Representatives (Deputies), according to the latest survey by the consultancy firm Factum, which estimates the distribution of seats in the Parliament after the elections.
This Tuesday, the political scientist Oscar Bottinelli He assured VTV news that the Front is likely to obtain between 46 and 47 seats in the House of Representatives, and recalled that it is necessary to obtain 50 of the 99 seats to achieve an absolute majority. On the other hand, it would obtain between 14 and 15 senators in October.
According to Factum, it is likely that the formula Yamandú Orsi-Carolina Cosse wins with 50% of the votes in the possible runoff in November in an eventual confrontation with the white tandem Alvaro Delgado-Valeria Ripoll (46%), something that would tip the balance in favor of the FA with the entry of Cosse as vice president of the Republic and president of the Senate.
In that scenario, the FA would have between 15 and 16 seats.
Source: Ambito
