Santiago Peña, pre-candidate for the presidency of the Republic by Honor Colorado, criticized the management of President Mario Abdo Benítez and the various failures that were committed during his administration, while proposing various actions as a road map to seek the economic growth of the country .
In interview with the crossfire program issued by GEN/Nación Media, Santi Peña said feel privileged to push this electoral campaign with a view to the presidency for the second timesince “it is not only asking for votes but show their way so that the Paraguayans are convinced to be able to vote for him.”
He mentioned the administration of President Mario Abdo Benítez and the categorized as “disastrous”while affirming that, beyond the fact that it was a government elected by the Colorado Party, it was a debacle. “That should challenge us.”
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At your discretion, the challenge is not only to do good management otherwise sustain a project that goes beyond 2028 and transfer that to another colorado that it can continue the same path of progress and development through strong state policies.
Refering to economic legacy left by the current governmentPeña maintained that the situation “will be worse” than in 2013Taking into account that the size of the economy is mayr. In the same way, criticized Abdo Benítez for misusing economic tools that are available today, such as public debt that is used for spending and not for investment.
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Likewise, he spoke of other negative aspects such as the fiscal deficit and inflation who today find themselves with complicated numbers, also repudiating loss of credibility and confidence in economic institutions such as the Central Bank of Paraguay (BCP) and the Ministry of Finance.
The presidential candidate of Honor Colorado assured that work must be done to regain leadership both in internal politics and in foreign policy that have been affected in the current administration. “We’ve gone downhill across the board.”
On the point, he questioned the lack of leadership and an agenda at the international level. “Today we are not a number, that is the reality. I am sure that the voice of Paraguay can be heard and respected abroadboth from our Mercosur peers and outside the regional bloc,” added Peña.
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proposed take advantage of various positive factors such as geographic location, attractive labor and tax laws and the modernization of the functioning of economic institutions, as well as the long-term financing through public banks to aim at improving the situation in the country.
“Mario Abdo did not do a better job, the bar has dropped, we have an economy that has declined in these five years. This government that has made a bad management he will not be able to reach office through the popular vote, Mario Abdo’s numbers are terrible”, he mentioned during the interview with Fuego Cruzado.
Likewise, Pena highlighted the great work promoted by the Honor Colorado movement facing the party inmates and assured that “there is no way they can tamper with the results”in addition to having created a first-rate electoral offer in the Colorado Party.
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remembered that the numbers confirm that there is a great intention to vote for Honor Colorado, which demonstrates the enormous contrast with the ruling party. “We fear the hard vote, the party leader wants to vote for the movement and go in Honor Colorado, the one who will vindicate coloradism”.
Peña maintained that today Mario Abdo Benítez is the most rejected political figure in the ANRwhich finally ends up playing against the Fuerza Republicana movement and their respective candidacies.
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It is estimated that there will be a million and a half colorados voting on december 18 in the inmates of the ANR, while the Concertación would barely gather 400,000 peoplehe mentioned. “The sentiment of the people is focused on the game.”
Finally, Santiago Peña proposed to use all the resources that Paraguay has and other factors favorable to position the country as a business hub for Mercosurin addition to work to double the Paraguayan economyincrease GDP and also increase the level of investmentin other aspects.
