presidential candidate Gustavo Petro officially presented this Wednesday Alfonso Prada as his head of campaign debate.
In his presentation, Petro pointed out that “this head of debate also has to do with dialogue with other social forces and policies in the country, settle, propose and build national majorities that are growing, the moment of victory is approaching”.
The presidential candidate assured that his appointment supports his idea of strengthening peace in the country.
“The one who assumes the leadership of the debate of this enormous campaign is Alfonso Prada. We are in the peace effort and that generated some consequences that we are taking up again today. Now it’s about resuming with more vigor the peace effort in Colombia,” he said.
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For its part, Alphonse Prada pointed out that “our testimony is useful for the country because what I am seeing is that a polarization is aligning that shows that on May 29 two life stories will face each other at the polls, two models of society and with Petro we have found ourselves in absolutely definitive moments for the country. What Gustavo and his team have done is an example for the country to understand that one of these two models is the one that leads to complete peace, to the real and sincere fight against poverty and towards economic development with social justice. “.
What’s more, Prada denied any approach or intervention of former President Juan Manuel Santos to Petro’s presidential campaign, since en the Santos government, Alfonso Prada was director of the Sena and also served as its Secretary General.
“President Santos must be left quiet, he is teaching classes in New York, It will surely arrive at the end of April so it will not be in the toughest stage of the campaign as it has not been in recent years. I told him we were going to be here,” Prada said.
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However, he confirmed that the former president advised him to be in the place where he believes that his convictions and ideals are fulfilled.
“On that correct path that he and I consider to be that of peace, of defending his legacy in terms of fighting poverty, productivity and recognition, economic competitiveness with social justice. It would be an act of irresponsibility to speak on behalf of former president Santos to wink support, I do my own analysis “assured.
Finally, Alfonso Prada stated that his decision is not a leap into the void of accepting the appointment of Gustavo Petro.
“We don’t believe in fear, intimidation and all those myths that are built around campaigns. When we campaigned for the plebiscite they said that we were going to have a homosexual ray in the schools, that we were going to close the churches and that the next president was going to be ‘Timohencko’ and none of that happened,” he said.
