The “Concertación por Asunción” alliance was registered in the Superior Court of Electoral Justice (TSJE) on July 27. This alliance brings together the united opposition to dispute seats in the Chamber of Deputies for the capital with a view to the elections scheduled for April 2023.
Among its candidates is Guillermo Ferreiro, president of the Febrerista Revolutionary Party (PRF). He will occupy the number 3 spot on the list. The candidate points out that they want to locate between 3 to 4 Concertación deputies per capital in the next elections, considering that there are seven places for Asunción in the Upper House.
How is your candidacy going?
I am launching an alliance for Asunción, which includes parties such as the Guasu Front, PLRA, Solidarity Country, Citizen Participation Party (PPC), Party of the A. Febrerista Revolutionary Party (PRF), Progressive Democratic Party (PDP). We are at number 3 on the list. We aim to be the most voted list. Neither the Alianza Encuentro Nacional (AEN) nor the Patria Querida party participate in this alliance.
Why should citizens vote for you?
Because I resist the file. People can google and see that we have always been complying with the National Constitution, demanding that citizens be protected. That Seprelad control money laundering but not persecute the worker, that the rights of the people be respected, that an oil manufacturer not be prosecuted as a drug trafficker. That they do not imprison students who protest, or social activists like Esther Roa.
What are your expectations?
We are going to include 3 to 4 deputies. We are working on all the projects that we are going to present. I will focus on attention to citizenship. Many people asked me to be the candidate for my group (PRF). We are going to win without a doubt, we are showing that we work seriously. The other group is delivering a country with inflation. With increased poverty and unemployment, increased costs of the basic basket.
Are the interns necessary in the Concertación?
Everything is democratic. If people make pacts and leave with agreed candidates, it is democratic. If they go to internships it is also democratic and a very good exercise for everything that comes after the internships. Each party has its own dynamic. If I decide to go to the end as in the case of Villarejo, that is applaudable and super democratic. Or if I decide to get off and run for Congress, it’s also democratic.
What do you think about the “significantly corrupt” rating that Cartes received?
It is a slap in the face of our institutions. What the United States says regarding the fact that the investigation in the Darío Messer case was stopped, the Bicameral Commission for the Investigation of Illicit Acts has said for two years. Querey has been denouncing him for two years in writing to the State Attorney General and nothing happens. There are open cases about the Iranian plane in Argentina, everywhere, except here.
We are in the hands of crime and this in turn controls the institutions that should follow it. This is serious and is already being noted in the deterioration of relations between citizens and authorities and in the increase in violence. We have more and more cases of hired killers or justice by their own hands. That is the result of this mismanagement of the last two governments that have led us to total chaos.
What do you think about the political trial of the attorney general?
It is too important to fight, to record, to impose the discussion, to know and talk about each case filed by the Prosecutor’s Office, beyond the votes. I regret what the 18 deputies did in giving the quorum, but in any case, it is important that the people have listened and continue to listen. We are going to continue taking complaints from causes that are intentionally shelved to favor criminals.
What is your analysis of the management of Mario Abdo?
It has been one of the worst governments in the country. Two digits of inflation, the external debt increased and we got into debt to steal that money when people were dying in hospital corridors during the pandemic. It has been a criminal government, it has tried to give away Itaipu and it is going to leave us a debt that our grandchildren are going to pay. We have to get off this course that is taking us to the precipice and lead the country to economic well-being.
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DATA SHEET
Full name: Guillermo Ferreiro Cristaldo.
Place of birth: Assumption.
Date of Birth: November 8, 1973 (48).
Place of primary and secondary studies: International School of Asuncion.
University studies: Universidad del Norte, career law and notary.
Family: Divorced with two daughters.
Positions in the public function: He was legal adviser to Credito Agrícola de Habilitación (CAH) and member of the Board of Directors of CAH. Between 2008 and 2012.
Hobbies: water sports such as light sailing.
