Political figures who interacted with Orlando Jorge Mera, some of them from the front sidewalk, that is, as adversaries, highlighted the late politician’s conciliatory skills. The reformist Tácito Perdomo, with whom he shared work in the Central Electoral Board, as a rival at one point and as an ally at another stage, recalled, for example, the role he played as a “fire extinguisher” in the face of some troubles that were armed with the called the pink alliance, in 2002. But Danilo Díaz, from the PLD, also spoke of his role in the 2020 crisis, after the suspension of the municipal elections. They are just two examples that portray him as the politician he was. Not only serene and decent, but also harmonizing. There is an episode of his political career, in which he revealed his negotiating spirit, and it was when he was part of a group that tried to unify the PRD in one of the many internal conflicts that have been recorded in history. of that organization. The “neither nor”, as those who promoted this cause were baptized, did not achieve their goals immediately, and even dispersed, but today they are together, on the same political platform and in the place where those who dedicate themselves aspire to be. to politics: in power.
neither with one nor with the other
They called themselves that, the “neither ones”, because they tried, at that time, to stay out of the struggle of the groups led by Hipólito Mejía and Miguel Vargas, after the 2012 elections. In addition to Orlando Jorge Mera, they were in those efforts, Eduardo Sanz Lovatón, Neney Cabrera, Alfredo Pacheco, Eligio Jáquez, Guido Gómez Mazara and the current President of the Republic, Luis Abinader, among others. The generational affinity, the similarity of criteria and the desire to unite the party, united those leaders of the PRD, today of the PRM. It is now when the results of that struggle are seen.
