It didn’t last long: La Libertad Avanza denied that it was thinking about former Big Brother Alfa as a candidate

The possibility that the former Big Brother, Walter “Alfa” Santiago, be a candidate for La Libertad Avanza (LLA) It didn’t last long. The political shipowner in the province of Buenos Aires, Sebastian Parejaand the official account of President Javier Milei’s party They “outright” denied this Wednesday that they are evaluating it. “If you like Big Brother, watch it on TV,” Pareja stated.

Walter Santiagopopularly known as Alphamade official his intention to run as a candidate for Freedom Advances in the next legislative elections that will take place this year. The ex Big Brother said present at an event Karina Milei in Mar del Platawhere he showed his intentions, and gave a series of interviews in the media.

LLA came out bluntly to cut off that possibility. “We flatly deny the journalistic operations that claim that we would be considering a Big Brother participant for an eventual candidacy for La Libertad Avanza,” They stated from the official LLA account in X. They even went further, denying that they are thinking about any candidacy. “We are building the political party that the President needs,” they stated.

Along the same lines and almost at the same time, he posted in Sebastian Pareja: “We are tired of the game of invented candidates. That way of doing politics with us is over. Anyone who likes Big Brother should watch it on TV.” For Couple, “the operettas that only seek to harm the Government with the greatest support in Argentine history, to President @JMilei”.

Now, Alfa denies that he is thinking about being an LLA candidate

After the denial made by LLA, Alfa himself had to come out to deny that he had thought about being a candidate. In an interview with C5N, he assured that “There was no talk of candidates. “There was talk of joining a team to be able to change the country.”

Yesterday he had given interviews where he even talked about proposals and topics that he would be interested in discussing in Congress. Now, he lowered the tone of his participation. “I want to add my grain of sand for the change that the country needs”Alfa stated. “I believe that Milei is changing the country, the direction of the country because we came from the side well, we almost overturned,” he considered.

In any case, Alfa did not rule out any candidacy. “Officially, nothing was talked about. I have no problem talking or seeing how I can join an engineering team. I want to collaborate,” he said.

The confirmation that Alfa had given

After participating in Karina Milei’s event in Mar del Plata. “Alpha” He acknowledged in a television interview his desire to join the libertarian governmentand he was encouraged to talk about proposals.

In that sense, he expressed what his objectives are in case of having a bank in the National Congress: “The first thing that happens in Argentina is security. That you, I and all of us who are here, can leave home calmlyand not having to watch or wait for a motorcycle to come and shoot us four times.”

“One has to end the employer-employee antinomy. Make everything simpler. That the employee feels happy in his job and loves the employerlet it not be your enemy, End union dues, what’s the point of what the unions take?” Santiago indicated.