Within Petrism, a new political party wants to take a central place in the local and regional elections in October. The main figure is the current Congress President Roy Barreras, who for a few days began moving his agenda around the regions, proposing the legal status of La Fuerza de la Paz so that liberal, progressive and centrist leaders could access the official coalition.
This new group, as EL HERALDO learned, would like to be a strategy of the Historical Pact to attract and support candidates with less radical discourses in those areas where building a broad front is needed to win the votes cast in the presidential election. to consolidate and enlarge obtained. elections.
Even the president of the legislature would have an interest in promoting a center alternative in the Atlantic that has the seal of the Historic Pact.
Senator Roy Barreras, in dialogue with this editorial, indicated that this bet will not be foreign to the interests of the government and President Gustavo Petro’s agenda.
“The Peace Force is the founder of the Historical Pact. We have recently become a political party, and as a result there may be an entry door for candidates who want to create local, departmental governments that support President Petro’s progressive agenda.
He added: “The role of the new governors will be very important to achieve total peace and security in the areas.” Roy did not rule out searching for candidates to take them to consultations or surveys or some other consensus-generating mechanism to win mayors or governorships in the various regions. However, this would not be a straitjacket, he said.
Candidate in the Atlantic?
The movements of Barreras, connoisseur of political dynamics, reached the Atlantic. A meeting between Roy Barreras and former governor-designate Alfredo Varela took place in the facilities of the National Capitol last Tuesday.
At that meeting, as this publishing house learned, Barreras offered Varela the Peacekeeper’s endorsement of his aspirations. That is, to promote within the Historical Pact an option outside the traditional and radical left.
During the meeting they discussed politics, the country, security and total peace.
For example, EL HERALDO consulted with the former director of Cormagdalena, who assured that the meeting was cordial and that after Roy’s proposal there was no commitment, but rather thanks.
He pointed out that the confidence that this central sector within the Historical Pact gives him is important to him, as it is an opportunity to add different expressions and build alternatives for the department.
“The peacekeeping force would be an important support, but in addition to many others,” said the former candidate for governor of the Atlantic, pointing out that other parties have also approached him with the intention of supporting his aspirations.
“This is about adding. This must be the sum of all (…) Atlántico is not left, right or centre. I am convinced that we must give the department the chance of a different government, with a new leadership”.
He said the political and electoral carpentry of his candidacy has not yet been defined as he is characterized by an independent leadership that seeks to collect the expressions of all sectors. That is why the option of the signatures is – until now – also being considered.
“If you intend to lead the destiny of a department, you must undoubtedly try to lead everyone,” Varela told EL HERALDO.
“It is a candidacy with innovative leadership, but not to the extreme.”
He also pointed out that it is incorrect that he sat down to talk to Nicolás Petro or other Petrism leaders to settle his candidacy. However, he pointed out that he does not rule out or close the door that these approaches could be carried out in the future when looking for an independent option.
“You have to sit down and listen to those criteria that really serve the department that generates the well-being that the Atlantic needs.”
Source: El Heraldo
Emma Fitzgerald is an accomplished political journalist and author at The Nation View. With a background in political science and international relations, she has a deep understanding of the political landscape and the forces that shape it.
