Retamozo admitted a crisis in Honor Colorado after Baruja’s vice-presidential bid

Senator Ramón Retamozo said in an interview with ABC Color that the ruling coalition is going through a moment of internal tension after Minister Juan Carlos Baruja was promoted as a vice-presidential candidate.

According to his account, the proposal caused discomfort in the circle of current Vice President Pedro Alliana and was decided unilaterally by the party president. Retamozo said that at the meeting of the Board of Directors there was no initial rejection, but that the differences emerged shortly afterward.

According to the lawmaker, Alliana reacted strongly and made it clear that he is not willing to accept impositions, even if they come from the party president or the leader of Honor Colorado. Retamozo said that, following that announcement, differences in the ruling coalition’s leadership were laid bare.

He also referred to the possibility that President Santiago Peña may promote his own current within the ANR. On that point, he considered it a possible alternative because of the institutional weight he has as head of the Executive Branch, although he clarified that he did not receive any concrete proposals to join a potential bloc identified with peñismo.

Amid these frictions, Retamozo ruled out the idea that Horacio Cartes has lost political strength. Still according to what was published by ABC Color, he said the party leader retains a strong position within the Colorado movement.

Even so, the senator avoided speaking of a consummated split within Honor Colorado and stressed that it is not appropriate to take a rupture for granted while there is no official communication to that effect.

Sources

• ABC Color

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