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Fico Gutierrez: The risk of him being "Uribe's candidate."
Since the night of Sunday, Federico Fico Gutierrez had been the most solid candidate for Colombia's presidency. While it's not the first time that his name is on an electoral document - in fact, he was mayor and councilor in Medellin - his first test in a national election which he won more than two million votes inside the Team for Colombia coalition, they place him as an ideal candidate for conservative movements or those who are scared when they think of an open-minded presidency. Fico (Medellin, 47 years old) or as he's known, is as of last night and is right now the most prominent adversary of Gustavo Petro, who with the Historic Pact movement was one of the top three candidates on the day of the election that established who would be the representative of the three major political forces.

The presidential campaign is just getting underway. The way the former mayor from Medellin is able to fight petrismo and form alliances and negotiate with other countries will determine his success. It is not enough to bring all right-wingers under his banner, but he must also conquer an element of the center's electorate which has been, as of Sunday, disintegrated and lacking remarkable leadership. He must keep his distance from the previous president Alvaro Urbine, something is not something he's done previously. The current open acceptance of uribism is a first in the last 20 years. Instead of adding, it could subtract. "Federico Gutierrez faces a dilemma. He has to form an alliance, on Uribe's behalf, with the Democratic Center. However, the challenge is convincing Uribe and the center, which is the one to determine its course," Yann basset, analyst at the University of Rosario.

Fico, which is a coalition partner with the CD in which uribism is a major issue, has achieved its first victory in the process of forming an alliance. The candidate for that party on Monday, former president aspirant Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, took a step aside, recognized the few opportunities to compete with him, and provided his support. We will now examine if the whole Uribismo collective - which has been left without an elected representative - follows suit. Particularly in the event that Uribe gives his support openly and try to convince his electorate with the traditional issues of the Colombian right, which will not be so difficult for Uribe. His speech of "security" and 'order 'opportunities, and 'love of fatherland' already showed that Uribe adds votes. On Sunday, he confirmed that at the consultation on electoral reform. This was done before when he was in Antioquia as the mayor. While in Arauca in Colombia, a particularly violent area Fico stated that "the bandits are in jail" or "in the grave". Fico knows what the Colombian right likes however it won't suffice for Fico.

Basset says, "We aren't in 2018 in a time when the fear of the Left performed well." Basset says that Fico may not be able to receive Uribe’s blessing because of the fact that Alvaro Uribe is not the absolute leader the country has seen since 2002 which was the year that Uribe was elected president. However, this doesn't suggest that the Uribismo votes are not enough to Gutierrez. https://www.laopinion.com.co/elecciones-2022/vamos-garantizar-el-orden-fico-gutierrez could be because they're lower than table. Uribism also contributed to this victory. Now his ability as a negotiator is measured by his ability to persuade the right, but not to invest everything on this alliance," Basset warns. In relation to this alliance between former President Uribe and Fico an expert Andres Mejia Vergnaud remarks "the greatest challenge for Federico Gutierrez is that he is seeking the votes of Uribismo but not the picture with Uribe because it does not suit him to be his candidate".

On https://www.eltiempo.com/elecciones-2022/presidencia/federico-gutierrez-hablo-de-sus-propuestas-en-el-debate-presidencial-658392 , there is only one leader, Gustavo Petro, on the right there is still an individual who is heading to the presidential race, unless Fico is able to negotiate, or if he manages to convince him to resign and offer him support. Rodolfo Sanchez, who campaigned independently, is still in the running. Gutierrez must include the achievements of former Bucaramanga mayor Bucaramanga and millionaire builder, Rodolfo Hernandez, if is to fight petrismo.

Gutierrez has a lot of work ahead of him before he can even think of the names of the presidential formula. However, what Gutierrez already has is the support of other candidates for the leadership of the Team for Colombia alliance. This isn't a small number. The two ex-mayors, Enrique Penalosa of Bogota and Alex Char of Barranquilla; the leader of the Conservative party David Barguil and Aydee Zarazo, who is a Christian party leader, who vote judiciously according to the instructions from the lectern of his church.

The Conservative Party was strengthened, and it won the largest right-wing vote, with more than 2 million votes. The Conservative Party also enjoys the backing of the U Party. This party was able to win a rousing vote in legislative with more than 1 million votes. The support of Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, who did not let many hours go by after the elections on Sunday, to assume his defeat before a possible confrontation for the right-wing votes, will give Fico the chance to push forward within the conservatism sector however, it distances him from possible votes from the middle. The declaration of Alvaro Uribe, the former president, who called his party to a meeting Tuesday, will determine whether Fico is willing to sacrifice his chances to be a center-right candidate to become the openly Uribe that is blessed.
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