The surprising statement of the Democratic Center, which suggests that a mechanism will be opened to select a single candidate, with a view to the right-wing sector consultations that will finally take place on March 8, 2026, caused a huge uproar in the media. It all follows, according to some interpretations, to an agreement made between the five registered preliminary candidates, with former president Álvaro Uribe Vélez having the final say.
The names of the candidates in this group were scheduled to be announced on November 28th.the party’s statement created some clarity. First, because the selection would seem to preclude the use of an international search. Second, they said they would continue to explain their reconstruction plan to the government, a process that would take even longer.
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“The Democratic Center Party has decided to select candidates to participate in interparty talks in March. Registration deadline is February 6, 2026, within the period specified in the election calendar.. “To select a candidate (S), the party may use any of the mechanisms established in the constitution,” the community expressed in a letter on social networks.
Faced with this, One of the first reactions was that of Senator Paloma Valencia.is part of a group of candidates. And messages on social networks have tried to dampen the repercussions of the community’s comments, which apparently has led to ambiguity. And it’s all because there is an interpretation tied to the fact that it is the former head of state who can define support for external figures above all, even in the face of internal differences.
“The party will choose a candidate from among us, which is currently undergoing the process. The electoral mechanism is extended to all electoral mechanisms provided for in the statute.“Valencia responded to the reporter’s interpretation of the letter by saying: blue radioRicardo Ospina. In this regard, he did not deny the communicator’s statement in the sense that Mr. Uribe will choose the candidate. However, he made it clear that he has no intention of leaving the community.
And while the initial mechanism was to hire an international search paid for by the party, there were some obstacles in the process as pre-candidate Miguel Uribe Londoño opposed becoming Atlas/Inter. Please note that if this is done, the results themselves are not binding.That’s because two candidates will be chosen instead of one, and the decision could be left to the community’s board of directors.
surely, former president uribe Gabriel Vallejo Chujifi, party leader and former representative of the Chamber of Commerce and Industrywith the power to jointly decide whether the winner of the survey becomes the sole candidate. Instead of 15 days, you would have about 85 more days to do this. The original plan was thus changed by this group, which included Senators María Fernanda Cabal, Paola Holguín, and Andrés Guerra.
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