Argentina
Ernesto Sanz left open a possible candidacy and proposed rebuilding an opposition alliance
The former Radical senator floated the idea of reviving a coalition with the UCR, the Socialist Party and the Civic Coalition. He also argued that Kirchnerism and Mileism share political operating methods.
Ernesto Sanz said in an interview with Luis Novaresio on A24 that he does not rule out running in next year’s presidential election and proposed putting together a scheme similar to Cambiemos again. According to his proposal, that coalition should include the UCR, the Socialist Party and the Civic Coalition, with the possibility that other forces could also join.
According to reporting by La Nacion and Infobae America, the former senator said he envisions a contest with four or five blocs in 2027, including two Peronist strands, Javier Milei’s sector and a coalition made up of part of the PRO, the Radical Party, the Socialist Party and the Civic Coalition. In that context, he said it would be a “phenomenal qualitative leap.”
Sanz also said the Radical Party should have its own candidate and mentioned the possibility that candidates from the PRO, the Socialist Party and the Civic Coalition take part in that eventual alliance. According to La Nacion, he also said that if the PRO were to set aside Hernan Lacunza as a potential candidate, that space would move to “rescue” him.
In another part of the interview, he equated Kirchnerism with Mileism by saying they are “brother cousins” because of their “ways of acting” and because of a direct relationship between the leader and the public that, in his view, dispenses with intermediaries such as journalism, the media and political parties. According to Infobae America, he added that in that logic there is “little republicanism” and criticized President Javier Milei’s style, saying he has never spoken with him.
According to Infobae America, he also defended the PASO primaries and said the government wants to eliminate them because it sees them as a tool that helps organize and build an opposition alternative.
Asked about Cristina Kirchner’s situation, Sanz said he does not consider her a “political prisoner.” Both La Nacion and Infobae America reported that he attributed her situation to not having distanced herself from the “bad things” that, he said, Nestor Kirchner and his inner circle did.
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