The director of the Democratic Center, Gabriel Vallejo, announced that the goal will be to choose 25 senators in 2026.
Former President Álvaro Uribe could return to the Congress of the Republic in 2026. The Democratic Center confirmed that it will include it in the list of Senate applicants for the March elections of the other year.
The director of the community, Gabriel Vallejo, He announced that the objective will be to choose 25 senators and that precisely Uribe will be number 25.
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“We aspire to have 25 senators, among other things, because if the judicial issues allow it, President Álvaro Uribe will be number 25 on the list, That is the only one that we have already fixed, President Uribe is number 25 on the closed list to the Senate by the Democratic Center, ”he said.
The collective director also said that the internal procedure that will be taken into account is already ready to choose the order of applicants in the Senate list.
“We will have an evaluation committee that will recommend the order to the party, Academic training, reputation, honorability, regional representation, its identification with the principles of the party, ”he said.
“The Democratic Center will have the responsibility of leading the list that will contribute to the recovery of Colombia. So far the only fixed position that we have clear is the number 25 that is Álvaro city Vélez ”, added.
Vallejo confirmed that it was Uribe Vélez himself who proposed the idea of being in box 25 of the list of applicants to the Senate in the election of 2026.
“He was the one who proposed it and obviously for the party is an honor that he is thinking about it, at this time so difficult for Colombia and for the Democratic Center of recent months,” he said.
“The truth is that President Uribe is played with the Democratic Center And this is his party, the party of the firm hand and big heart, is played with our presidential candidates and the party will have a presidential candidate, ”he said.
The democratic center director confirmed that the most difficult work they will have will be the formation of the rest of the list of applicantstaking into account that there are currently about 100 candidates for Congress.
For the House of Representatives, The lists that will be presented in the departments will be closed.
Source: Integrated information system
