Efrain Alegre, presidential candidate.
The candidate for president for the Concertación, Efraín Alegre (PLRA), winked at the sector of the invaders, given his recent alliance with the National Peasant Federation (FNC), which would jeopardize his pact with Patria Querida.
weeks ago, the National Peasant Federation (FNC) announced its institutional support for the liberal duo Alegre-NúñezIn this way, the Concertación managed to adhere a sector of the peasantry to its political project for the April elections.
Asked about it, the PLRA head, Efraín Alegreresponded to ABC TV that the social struggle regarding land tenure in the country unites them.
“Me too I am against the Zavala Law because, according to my vision, there is a disproportionality, but I am not referring only to the Zavala Law, I believe that in Paraguay we need social peace”, said the liberal.
Why does the Peasant Federation support you? “BECAUSE I AM ALSO against the Zavala Law that punishes invasions because in Paraguay… we need Social Peace” he tells us @EfrainAlegre ….. pic.twitter.com/bRhyylMnHd
— Rodriguez Tornaco Jose Luis (@tornacojoseluis) February 7, 2023
You have to remember that with the Zavala Law, the invasion of private lands became a crime and the penalty for offenders increased from 5 to 10 years in prison. This regulation had been a proposal of Fidel Zavala, of the Patria Querida Partyand had the strong accompaniment of Colorado Senator Enrique Riera.
Now, glad slaunches against this initiative of Patria Querida, where in itself the spirits were already heated beforehand before the discrepancies between both sectors on various issues.
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The current departmental councilor of the Patria Querida Party (PPQ) in Alto Paraná and candidate for the Departmental Board, Sandra Miranda, He had previously stated that he will not support the presidential candidate of the Concertación, the liberal Efraín Alegre, for having disparate criteria in terms of values and principles, according to what he said through a social network.
“I do not support the candidate of the Concertación for having a vision of the State and society diametrically opposed to the values that I defend and that led me to enter politics,” Miranda said in a tweet. The repercussions did not take long to appear: “These are people with dignity and personality”, “Finally someone coherent and of principle in the PQ party”, “I love it! Don’t get dirty with the Concertación… I congratulate you!” were some comments, according to picked up the newspaper La Nación.
From the PPQ they always maintained a somewhat critical position towards the figure of the Concertación headed by the Authentic Radical Liberal Party (PLRA). In fact, the president of Patria Querida himself, Sebastián Villarejo, argued at the time that Efraín Alegre represents the ideology that encourages the invasions. “I think he is harming the Concertación,” the former presidential candidate of the opposition agreement said in the past.
Also the lawyer and candidate for deputy of the party, Diva Riquelme, I had previously mentioned that there are many Patria Querida candidates who do not support the Concertación, much less Efraín Alegre.
“We are not concerted and we do not accompany the Concertación because with Efraín at the head we cannot talk about guarantees regarding the basic rights of Paraguayans. This is taking into account that he decides to make deals with highly questionable people such as land invaders, etc. ”, he said, as published by LN.
