Paraguay
A Colorado leader downplayed the internal dispute in Honor Colorado and expressed confidence in an ANR victory in the municipal elections
Víctor Hugo “Chapu” Fernández said that grassroots members are prioritizing the campaign for October 4 over the dispute within the cartismo. He also said the party structure would allow the Colorado Party to prevail regardless of the candidate.
The president of Seccional Colorada No. 23, Víctor Hugo “Chapu” Fernández, said that grassroots leaders are seeking to distance themselves from the crisis that opened this week in Honor Colorado and focus on the municipal elections on October 4, according to ABC Color.
According to that outlet, Fernández said the internal dispute does not materially alter territorial work at this stage of the campaign and argued that the priority is on the elections. In that context, he said the strategy is to set the controversy aside until after the vote.
Tensions within the Colorado ruling bloc deepened after Horacio Cartes, president of the ANR, reaffirmed that Pedro Alliana‘s presidential ticket for 2028 would include Housing Minister Juan Carlos Baruja. That definition prompted a reaction from the vice president, who rejected impositions and said he will decide who will accompany him, unless they take away his candidacy, always according to ABC Color.
Fernández also said that, from his perspective, Alliana’s eventual running mate is not a problem for the grassroots sector, because they abide by party decisions. He also praised the names circulating for that post. ABC Color indicated that among those mentioned are Baruja, the president of the Council of Governors, César Sosa, the speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Raúl Latorre, and more recently Industry Minister Marcos Riquelme, cited by Alliana himself.
By contrast, Deputy Daniel Centurión, of Añeteté, warned that the fight within cartismo could hurt the Colorado Party’s chances in the municipal elections, on the grounds that his sector is indeed working united behind the Colorado candidate, ABC Color reported.
Fernández closed with a statement aimed at highlighting the strength of the ANR’s electoral machinery: he said the party organization would allow it to win even if the candidate’s name is not decisive.
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