Paraguay
Raúl Benítez attributes the Colorado Party internal dispute to a power and resources struggle
The deputy said the tensions within the ANR do not reflect a substantive debate about the country. According to what he told ABC TV, behind the dispute are realignments over posts, slates and the management of state resources.
Deputy Raúl Benítez said that the recent clashes and realignments within the Colorado Party are not linked to proposals to improve the country, but rather to a struggle for power. In an interview on the program Mesa con EVP, on ABC TV, he said that, beyond who prevails in the ANR internal contest, the outcome for citizens will be the same.
According to ABC Color, Benítez said the split within the ruling party is being driven by a group of governors strengthened by access to millions in resources. In his view, that ensures the continuity of a system based on the distribution of posts and family businesses tied to the state.
The lawmaker also said the program Hambre Cero has become a central tool in that dispute, as it has turned, in his view, into the governors’ main political fund. He also warned that this process creates a counterweight to Congress.
In that context, he expressed doubts about the Chamber of Deputies’ ability to withstand the weight of cartismo. He questioned the autonomy of several lawmakers and said he sees weakness in sustaining firm positions in defense of the population against the directives of political power.
Benítez added that the friction between the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate has been present since the start of the current parliamentary term, but is intensifying as electoral decisions approach. He stressed that the fights within the Colorado Party should not be read as a programmatic debate, but as a negotiation over candidacies, posts in public agencies and state businesses.
Regarding the opposition, he said there is strong public disillusionment with traditional politics and with major sectors of the PLRA. In that context, he said the challenge for the third space and for liberalism is to build a broad, transparent and competitive coalition, without internal attacks that end up benefiting the ruling party.
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