Mario Varela, Minister of Social Development, posted on his social networks a meeting he had with other candidates for the Senate and other leaders of the Colorado ruling party, including Mario Abdo Benítez, President of the Republic.
The photo was published just one day after the inauguration of Horacio Cartes as president of the National Republican Association (ANR), where the main leaders of “Republican Force” were absent.
Hugo Duarte, a political scientist, affirmed that it is not surprising that the bloc of ANR senators remains cohesive. Since they have always been autonomous in relation to their intentions and practices as a result of that autonomy to agree with various opposition actors.
“For three years they have dominated the Chamber of Senators and for two they have held the presidency. These senators did not lend themselves to the game of unity that Chartism tried to install. I think it is good for this political game because it gives the impression that Chartism should be more active and proactive to achieve and persuade the Red forces to see their own project with different eyes, ”he commented.
He maintained that deep within the ANR, there is a strong feeling that not everything is fine and that everything could get worse with a possible request for extradition.
“Actions that may come from the north. I consider that beyond what was shown, in that act so well elaborated, as is customary in the ANR. They always do a sober act to show that everything is well controlled but I think it was simply a mask because they will still have a long way to go if they reach an agreement, ”he said.
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Regarding the distance between Abdo and Cartes, he pointed out that in political practices they are always negotiated, based on what one wants and what the other can give.
“That scenario is the one that is not happening, I don’t know whose fault. I want to think that Chartism apparently adopts a somewhat arrogant position, but Mario Abdo Benítez has the pen until August 10 of this year. And he still has the power to make certain political actors uncomfortable. If you have to talk, you have to talk to him. Abdo recently said that he is open to talk but that his flags will not be lowered. I don’t know, but at the moment there doesn’t seem to be any bridge, ”he commented.
Finally, he pointed out that a complex scenario occurred because it has nothing to do with territorial issues of Paraguayan politics that has to do with criminal practices that were put on the table by the US government that affected two very important actors such as Horacio Cartes and Hugo Velázquez. .
“This has a heavier seasoning than previous cases to reach a true unit to be able to say that in three months everything is fixed. In addition, the statements by Lilian Samaniego, who declares herself as an opponent, also set the tone for how things are inside. In this case, a little more must be done by Chartism. What I am not sure is if they want that a little more, ”she said.
