虽然不再以候选人身份参选（蒙蒂已被授予终身参议员职位 ） ， 但他成立了（既不隶属于左派也不隶属于右派的）中间派别联盟，并宣称若联盟获胜他愿意继续担任领袖。
While he will not run as a candidate (he is already a senator for life), he formed a centrist coalition – affiliated with neither the left nor the right – to contest the election, and has declared his willingness to resume his leadership role if the coalition is victorious.