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Fico Gutierrez and the risk of "Uribe’s presidential candidate"
Since the night of Sunday, Federico Fico Gutierrez was the most consistent presidential candidate in Colombia. While it's not the first time his name appears on an electoral document - he has been mayor and councilor of Medellin and his first attempt in a national election which he won more than two million votes inside the Team for Colombia coalition, they consider him to be a desired candidate of the conservative parties or those who feel scared about the possibility of a leftist president. Fico (47 year old Medellin) is, at the time, Gustavo Petro's principal opposition. Gustavo Petro was with the Historic Pact Movement one of the winning candidates in the elections that determined was the representative of the three largest political parties were.

The presidential campaign has just begun. Whether https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN1LMckIlZI 's former mayor can become the real counterweight against petrismo will be dependent on the alliances are formed and the talks that he holds. He won't just have to bring all right-wingers under his banner, but he will also have to conquer some of the electorate in the center that, on Sunday, was disintegrated and lacking remarkable leadership. He will have to steer clear of the situation he has been in so far, being photographed with Alvaro Uribe. Today's open support for uribism is a first in the last 20 years. Instead of adding, it might subtract. "Federico Gutierrez faces a dilemma. He'll need to create an alliance to the Democratic Center (CD), Uribe's political party. However, he will have to convince the center which has to make the final decision on where to go," Yann Basset from the University of Rosario, analyst and professor.

In the process of forming an alliance with the CD which is which is where uribism is a major issue, this Monday Fico has already achieved its first conquest. https://zonacero.com/politica/fico-gutierrez-llama-la-union-fajardo-para-derrotar-petro-188733 decided to retire, acknowledged his limited options for competing with him and offered his support. We will now check to see if the Uribismo group, which was left without a representative until Monday, offers its support. Uribe should be willing to his supporters and try to convince his voters with the old issues of Colombian right. It shouldn't be difficult. His remarks of "security", "order", "opportunities" and "love of the fatherland" already showed him that he is able to add votes. He confirmed it on Sunday during the consultation on elections, as he did before during his time at the municipal office of the capital of Antioquia, where he was famous as the sheriff of Medellin. On a recent visit to Arauca (an region that has been particularly affected by violence) Fico said "The bandits are in prison or are in graves." Fico knows very well what Colombian law likes. But that won't be enough for Fico.

Basset declares, "We aren't in 2018 where the fear of the Left performed well." The analyst claims that Fico might not get Uribe's blessing due to the fact Alvaro Uribe has lost his absolute leadership role since 2002 when Uribe was elected president. This does not mean that Uribismo's opinions, even if they are not in the top tier are not important to Gutierrez. As was the case on Sunday or when he tried to get into Medellin's Mayor's Office, Uribe supported Gutierrez even when he was the presidential candidate for his party. Uribism is also the reason for this win in the coalition. Now his ability as a negotiator will be evaluated: to persuade the right, but not to invest everything on this alliance," Basset warns. On this relationship between the former president and Fico, an analyst Andres Mejia Vergnaud remarks "the biggest problem for Federico Gutierrez is that he is seeking the votes of Uribismo, but without the picture with Uribe because it does not suit him to be his candidate".

Gustavo Petro (left) is the only leader. https://www.elcolombiano.com/colombia/dos-candidatos-antioquenos-lograron-certificar-sus-firmas-para-la-presidencia-BF16313200 (right) is the only candidate who is preparing for the presidential election unless Fico (if negotiates) convinces Fico to let him go and give him his support. Rodolfo Hernandez remains running despite having launched his campaign independently. Gutierrez must include in his list of candidates the former mayor Bucaramanga, a billionaire builder who managed to win in polls because of his speech against corruption with a humorous voice.

Gutierrez has a lot to discuss before he begins thinking about possible presidential formula names. But what Gutierrez does have is the trust and cooperation of the other candidates for the Team for Colombia presidency. It's not small. Two ex-mayors, Enrique Penalosa(Bogota) and Alex Char (Barranquilla), are with him. David Barguil, the chief of the party and the founder of the Conservative party is with Aydee Zarazo, Aydee Lizarazo from a Christian Party, who frequently votes in accordance to his church's rules.

The Conservative Party has been strengthened by receiving the biggest vote from right-wing forces with more than two million votes. Furthermore, the U Party has shown sympathy for the Conservative Party. https://www.portafolio.co/elecciones-2022/discurso-fico-gutierrez-tras-ganar-coalicion-de-equipo-por-colombia-562882 had an outstanding vote, just over 1 million votes, for the legislative. The support of Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, who didn't let a long time go by after the elections on Sunday and apologize for his loss ahead of a possible battle for the right-wing votes, gives Fico the chance to push forward in a sector of conservatism, but distances him a little more from votes that could be cast from the middle. According to https://thebogotapost.com/fico-eyes-colombias-presidency-an-interview-with-pre-candidate-federico-gutierrez/49519/ , former president, Fico will have to decide if he's willing to risk his chance at the center in order to enjoy the chance to be most blessed by Uribe.
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