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Efraín Alegre Returns to the Spotlight and Calls the Honor Colorado Fight a Staged Act
The former PLRA leader reappeared on social media to question the tension between Santiago Peña, Pedro Alliana and Horacio Cartes. According to Última Hora, there are also those who maintain that the differences within the ruling coalition are real.
Efraín Alegre reappeared publicly after remaining silent following his departure from the presidency of the Authentic Radical Liberal Party and took aim at the internal dispute in Honor Colorado. According to Última Hora, the former Liberal leader used his social media accounts to say that the ruling coalition’s dispute is a staged performance and compared it to a “Turkish soap opera.”
In his messages, Alegre said the alleged fight between President Santiago Peña, Vice President Pedro Alliana and Horacio Cartes is meant to deceive the public once again. He also dismissed the idea that there is an internal rebellion by Alliana against the ANR leader and criticized the ruling coalition’s leadership.
According to Última Hora, Alegre even mocked the power relationship within the sector and said Peña answers to Cartes, while Alliana also does not act autonomously. For the former presidential candidate, the entire scene is part of a staged act.
However, in another article in the same outlet, political scientist and researcher Esteban Caballero offered a different view and said he believes the tensions within Honor Colorado are real. He noted that, after the movement’s broad victory in the June primaries and in the absence of a strong opponent within the party, internal contradictions began to emerge.
Caballero also considered that Horacio Cartes was imprudent in presenting Minister Juan Carlos Baruja as the sector’s vice-presidential pre-candidate, and assessed that Alliana is trying to preserve his credibility. He also warned that the dispute could open an opportunity for the opposition, although he stressed that this space needs to define as soon as possible the mechanism to choose a single ticket.
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