Martin Bravo
06/16/2021 4:14 PM
Clarín.com
Politics
Updated 06/16/2021 4:14 PM
It was an afternoon with a
climate of resurgence
in the National Committee. Facundo Manes did not confirm if he will be a candidate in the province of Buenos Aires, but the main referents of radicalism left the meeting practically convinced that the neuroscientist this time will give way to electoral politics. In this way, the UCR will seek to
stand in a different way in the discussion with the PRO and dispute spaces
with greater weight within the coalition.
“If radicalism stands up, leads, opens up and summons all sectors,
I will accompany
. We need to get out of underdevelopment and start discussing progress ”, was one of Manes' phrases on the ground floor of the building on the Alsina street. Another: “I saw a radicalism standing up, wanting to
lead a central-popular coalition that brings together all sectors
for this cause. As was democracy in 1983, radicalism is convinced that it needs a new paradigm of knowledge ”.
So far it went, although those who heard it discounted that
the decision has already been made and that it would take a few days
to announce it.
On the fourth floor, Manes spoke of his view of the country, his development plan and the electoral scenario with Alfredo Cornejo -the head of the UCR-, the governors Gerardo Morales and Rodolfo Suárez, the heads of the parliamentary interblocks Mario Negri and Luis Naidenoff, Martín Lousteau -beated in the Buenos Aires internal by a tight margin-, Maximiliano Abad -winner of that dispute-, Ernesto Sanz, Angel Rozas, Erica Revilla and Alejandra Lorden.
Manes went with his brother Gastón -conventional elected in March- and four members of the Con Argentina organization.
Facundo Manes, with authorities and referents of the UCR and members of his team, at the headquarters of the National Committee.
"It does not depend on who gets involved but on how we all get involved," said the neuroscientist after the meeting, when asked about his candidacy.
At that time, Manes thanked Elisa Carrió's support, an indication that he is seeking
consensus to confirm the decision
, although the radicals assured that he would be willing to compete in the primaries.
The scenario of Together for Change in the province of Buenos Aires accumulates disputes,
the main one in the PRO
before María Eugenia Vidal's inclination not to run in that district: Horacio Rodríguez Larreta drives Diego Santilli, resisted by Jorge Macri.
The eventual incorporations, such as that of José Luis Espert, also generate discussions.
"You do not have to enter the PRO internal, Macri and Rodríguez Larreta are not so different,
" the radicals agreed with Manes, in the meeting behind closed doors.
“We are at a
pivotal moment in Argentine history
.
We come from decades of decline, we have 60% of the boys in poverty, malnutrition, lack of direction and hope.
Today radicalism must be the
protagonist of a hope with the value of knowledge
as the engine of development, ”Manes later declared, perhaps with a campaign tone at times.
"The charges do not move me, the causes move me
," he also said, dodging a definition.
A few years ago, Manes declined to be a candidate on the grounds that he understood that there were no political spaces that coincided with the country's model - with investment in health, education, science and technology - that he considered necessary for development.
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“You have to build that space.
It is not a question of marketing, but of causes
”, he remarked.
The hosts chained with the statements a kind of
operative clamor
to push their application.
“We are asking him to top the list for the province of Buenos Aires and
we notice that he is very well predisposed.
The upcoming electoral battle is very important to us and he gives prominence to radicalism, ”said Cornejo.
"We want to help him take a step forward in the province and
we believe that we will convince him,
" Negri continued. “It is a good day for radicalism. Facundo was very committed and
said that he will be there until the end.
You have to get out of the comfort of the minorities, in the coalition and in general, "said Lousteau.
