After the latest statement prolonging the period for selection of candidates and the mechanisms available for this purpose as well, which included the intention of former President of the Republic Álvaro Uribe Vélez, gave rise to multiple interpretations, the Center for Democracy, in the face of rumors that candidates could be excluded from the aforementioned elections, had to use its social networks to clarify important points regarding the candidates.
“We recall and reiterate to public opinion the following: The Democratic Center primary candidates are Paloma Valencia, Maria Fernanda Cabal, Paola Holguín, Miguel Uribe Londoño, and Andres Guerra. Therein, a selection process will be carried out for candidates who will take part in interparty consultations in March 2026,” the community stated on its X profile in the face of the controversy caused by this letter.
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The message was published an hour later along with a statement.the community has given a deadline to select candidates for the consultation, which will take place on March 8th This deadline will no longer be November 28, as originally planned, but will be extended to February 6, 2026. Now, not one but two candidates could emerge, with former President Alvaro Uribe choosing his candidate.
“The Democratic Center Party has decided to select candidates to participate in interparty talks in March.the deadline for registration is February 6, 2026, within the period established by the election calendar. “For the selection of a candidate (S), the party may use any of the mechanisms set out in the constitution,” was a message shared by the opposition parties.
One interpretation of this statement is, There was a possibility that Mr. Uribe might support another lawmaker who is not from the Democratic Center.the publication of X’s account would dismiss that scenario. This would be along the same lines as what Senator Valencia, one of the participants in this process, expressed on social networks. Senator Valencia, in response to a radio journalist, clarified that the candidate would leave the representative position.
“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.“Mr. Valencia said this, revealing the analysis that began to be carried out on digital platforms regarding the letter. All this was in the midst of the controversy caused by the failure of the selection of international polling companies to measure the respective possibilities after the decline of Atlas/Intel.”
the result, The party will have 85 days to analyze various scenarios to achieve the nomination.we look forward to seeing what other profiles join this right-wing consultation and will begin to compete with other similar currents. It is not ruled out that lawyer Abelardo de la Espriera, journalist Vicky Dávila and other candidates close to former President Alvaro Uribe’s vision for the country may also be present.
Already in 2021, There were also conspiracies and significant disagreements in the selection of centrist Democratic candidates at the time.That’s because the results of the criticized investigation gave former minister and former presidential candidate Óscar Iván Zuluaga a victory over senator María Fernanda Cabal, who had a strong reaction and distanced herself from the elected representatives. However, Cardense’s campaign was never successful and his ambitions eventually waned.
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