There are 12 months left for the red inmates (December 18, 2022). Santiago Peña and Pedro Alliana is the proposal of Horacio Cartes, former President of the Republic to dispute the Executive in 2023. While the Colorado ruling party proposes Hugo Velázquez, current Vice President of the Republic.
Hugo Estigarribia, a former national senator and current political analyst for the ANR, affirmed that the Colorado candidates have already been defined. But what if there may be news is regarding the vice presidency of Velázquez.
At the same time that the internal elections advance, the Governing Board of the Colorado Party is also in dispute. Precisely, Cartes himself is running for office.
For the analyst, the intention of the former president, with his candidacy, was only to generate attractiveness to the Peña with Alliana, given the little belonging that both politicians generate due to their past in other parties.
“Peña joined the Colorado Party to be a minister and then to be a candidate for president. Alliana lost in the Encuentro Nacional match and then came to the ANR to occupy spaces and succeeded. The Colorados do not feel identified with that duo, ”he said.
He said that Velázquez is looking for someone to change his profile as a grassroots leader and weigh his role in the “secret” Itaipu agreement in 2019.
TECHNICAL TIE
When asked about who closes 2021 the best, the lawyer pointed out that the two are highly discredited in public opinion. Peña for being an employee of the Cartes companies. And Hugo Velázquez for his background with the Itaipú issue.
“Peña depends on the figure of Cartes. In that sense he is very deteriorated despite having a curriculum and studies abroad. While Velázquez launches his candidacy to see if he can position himself in the polls and be Añeteté’s candidate, “he explained.
He warned that no matter how much the vice president arouses more voting intentions in the red bases, he will not win if he reaches the general elections.
“For the red inmates, the election of Velázquez’s vice president will not have much influence. If it will be fundamental, if he wins and reaches the generals. I think he will look for a different profile than him. There is talk of Juan Manuel Brunetti, Cecilia Pérez and even Euclides Acevedo”, he stated.
SANTA CRUZ
Finally, he warned that until the registration of candidates takes place, we can expect any news. This, before the appearance of the figure of Roque Santa Cruz in the surroundings of Cartes with the signing of him to the Libertad club.
COLORED INTERNALS
Mario Abdo Benítez, President of the Republic, reported last week that he has not yet defined his candidacy for the presidency of the ANR. He pointed out that he will define it only in March of next year. Other options that the ruling party is considering to face Cartes are Nicanor Duarte Frutos and Lilian Samaniego, the first head of the Yacyretá binational and the second national senator.
