Fico Gutierrez, and the possibility of coming to recognize himself as "Uribe's candidate"
Since Sunday night, Federico Fico Gutierrez is the most stable candidate for president in Colombia. While his name appears on the electoral roll for the first time that he was Medellin's councilor and mayor - it is his first test during national elections. There he won over 2 million votes in the Team for Colombia alliance. The voters have positioned him as a favorite candidate for the right-wing movements. Fico (47-year-old Fico), as he's referred to is the principal opponent to Gustavo Petro. https://www.laopinion.com.co/elecciones-2022/vamos-garantizar-el-orden-fico-gutierrez was in the Historic Pact, one of three winners in the election that determined who would represent the three major political parties.
The presidential campaign just started. If Medellin's former city mayor can be the true anti-porrismo force will be dependent on the alliances that he creates and the negotiations that he conducts. He will not only need to bring the entire right to his banner, but he will have to gain the support of a section of the voters of the center, who was deflated on Sunday and lacking a strong leadership. To achieve this, he'll need to keep from appearing in the same picture as Alvaro Umribe, as has been his strategy to date. Today, for the first-time in 20 years, there is an open support for uribism could be a good thing instead of reducing. "Federico Gutierrez faces a dilemma. He must form an alliance with the Democratic Center (CD), Uribe's party. But he also has to convince the center which has to make the final decision on where to go," Yann Basset from the University of Rosario, analyst and professor.
Fico, which is a coalition partner with the CD in which uribism is a major issue, has achieved its first triumph on the road to an alliance. Oscar Ivan Zuluaga the former president-elect, chose to retire, acknowledged his limited options for competing with him and offered his support. We'll find out whether the entire Uribismo who was without a candidate and a single candidate, will support the candidate. Uribe is likely to support his candidate in public and convince his voters by presenting the classic issues that are part of the Colombian left. This should not be a problem for Uribe. His speech of "security" as well as 'order' opportunities' and 'love for the country' have already demonstrated that Uribe adds votes. He confirmed this on Sunday at the electoral consulting similar to what he had done previously during his time at Antioquia's office of the mayor, where he was also known as the sheriff from Medellin. While visiting Arauca in Colombia, a particularly violent area Fico claimed that "the bandits in prison" or "in the grave". Fico is very conscious of the Colombian right's choices, but that will not suffice for him.
Basset states, "We aren't in 2018 where the fear of the Left was working well." Basset argues that Fico may not be able to get Uribe's approval due to the fact that Alvaro Uribe has not been able to claim the title of the absolute leader from 2002, when the nation elected him president. This does not mean that Uribismo's votes, even if they are not in the top tier don't matter to Gutierrez. As was the case on Sunday, or when he tried to get into Medellin's Mayor's Office, Uribe supported Gutierrez even when he was the presidential candidate of his party. "This victory [winning in the coalition] is not only because of Uribism. Basset warnsthat "Now his skill as a negotiator (winning in the coalition] will be judged by his ability to convince the right people, and not spend the entire time on that alliance." Andres Méjia Vergnaud reflects on the relationship between the former Fico president and Fico. He says that Federico Gutierrez wants Uribismo votes but not Uribe pictures because it's not right for him to be his own candidate.
Gustavo Petro is left-leaning, and Gustavo Petro is right-leaning. However, Fico - if he can negotiate to persuade Gustavo Petro to support him. Rodolfo Hernandez, who contested the election independently, is in the race. Gutierrez will have many accomplishments to include the ex-mayor of Bucaramanga who is an architect and millionaire.
Gutierrez has a lot more to discuss before even considering names for his presidential formula. However, he does have the backing of other contenders for Team for Colombia leadership. It's not a small number of people. Two mayors from the past, Enrique Penalosa in Bogota and Alex Char in Barranquilla, are in his presence; David Barguil is the leader of the Conservative party. Aydee Lizarazo is a Christian party woman who votes in accordance with the church's lectern.
In addition to the strengthened Conservative Party - it achieved the largest vote of the right-wing elements for Congress with more than two million votes -, it is also backed by the U Party, which also enjoyed a strong election in the legislature, winning more than a million votes. https://elpais.com/internacional/2022-03-14/fico-gutierrez-y-el-riesgo-de-reconocerse-como-el-candidato-de-uribe.html supported Fico and didn't take for too long after the elections on Sunday to accept his loss in front of a possible clash with the votes of the right. However, this will give Fico an additional push into a conservative segment and keeps him farther from the center. Alvaro Uribe (ex-President) summoned his party to a meeting on Monday to determine what the possibility is that Fico would risk his chances of being a center-right candidate in exchange for being publicly blessed by Uribe.
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