Fico Gutierrez and the risk of recognizing himself as Uribes candidate

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Since the election on Sunday night Federico Fico Gutierrez, the Colombian presidential candidate, has been the most ferocious. This isn't the first time his name is on the electoral ballot. In fact, he served as the city's mayor and councilor in Medellin. This was his first national vote. The Team for Colombia coalition won more than two-million votes. They consider him to be a candidate from the right-wing movements. Fico (47 years 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 election that decided who were the leaders of the three most powerful political forces were.

Fico Gutierrez The presidential campaign has just begun. Whether Medellin's former mayor can be the true anti-porrismo force will be contingent on the alliances create and the discussions that he holds. https://twitter.com/ficogutierrez It is not enough to bring all right-wingers under his banner, but he must also conquer a portion of the electorate in the center that appeared to be demoralized and lacking leadership. To achieve this, he would need to keep avoiding his past mistakes to date by not being in the same picture with the former president Alvaro Uribe. Today's public support for uribism is the first in the last 20 years. Instead of adding, it might subtract. "Federico Gutierrez faces a dilemma. He must form an alliance with the Democratic Center (CD) - Uribe's party - but in the meantime, he must persuade the center, which is required to decide where it's going," says Yann Basset an researcher and professor at the University of Rosario.

On the way to joining forces with the CD in the region which is where uribism is concentrated This Monday Fico has already won its first victory. Oscar Ivan Zuluaga the former presidential candidate decided to retire, acknowledged the few alternatives available to compete against him, and offer his support. We'll find out whether the entire Uribismo, which was not able to form a single candidate, supports him. https://www.elcolombiano.com/colombia/dos-candidatos-antioquenos-lograron-certificar-sus-firmas-para-la-presidencia-BF16313200 Uribe can demonstrate his support by being transparent and convincing his electorate with traditional questions of the Colombian Right. His speech about "security" and "order", "opportunities", and "love the country" already demonstrated that he adds voters. He confirmed it this Sunday during the election consultation the same way he did in Antioquia's municipal offices, in which the mayor was also known as the sheriff of Medellin. "The bandits in prison or in graves"" he said recently when he visited Arauca, an area especially hit by violence. Fico knows what the Colombian right-wing likes, but it will not be enough for him.

Basset says, "We aren’t in 2018 when the fear of the left has was a success," According to the analyst the fact that the figure of Alvaro Uribe is no longer that of the absolute leader that the nation had in 2002, when Uribe was elected president the first time. Moreover, the fact that his political party, the CD, is going through a rough patch, could make Fico avoid receiving, at least openly, Uribe's approval. While Uribismo isn't in the running, it does not mean Gutierrez isn't able to count on the support of Uribismo. Uribism helped in the win of the coalition. Basset warns that now his negotiation skills are going to be limited. "To convince the right, but not to spend everything on this alliance, is his test." Andres Mejia vergnaud, an analyst, comments on the relationship between Fico and former president. "The great difficulty to Federico Gutierrez, however, is that he wants Uribismo's support however, he doesn't want Uribe's picture since it isn't a good fit to be his presidential nominee."

While on the left there's only one leader, Gustavo Petro, on the right there is still an individual who is heading for the presidential election until Fico - - again, should he be able to convince him to step aside and support him. Rodolfo Hernandez remains in the race despite having run independently. Gutierrez must include the achievements of the former mayor of Bucaramanga and billionaire builder, Rodolfo Hernandez if he is to fight petrismo.

Gutierrez has a lot to negotiate before he thinks about formulas for the presidency. But what Gutierrez does have is the support and cooperation of other candidates on the Team for Colombia presidency. It's not a small amount. Two ex-mayors, Enrique Penalosa(Bogota), and Alex Char (Barranquilla), are with him. Fico Gutierrez David Barguil, the leader and founder of the Conservative party, is along with Aydee Zarazo. Aydee Lizarazo, a member of the Christian Party, who frequently votes in accordance to his church's rules.

In addition to the strengthened Conservative Party - it achieved the most votes of the right-wing elements for Congress with more than two million votes, it is also backed by the U Party, which also enjoyed a strong election in the legislature, winning less than one million votes. Oscar Ivan Zuluaga's support, who didn't let Sunday's election pass by and thereby avert his loss before a possible conflict for votes from the right, gives Fico an advantage in a section of conservatism but it also keeps him away from potential votes from the center. https://www.semana.com/noticias/federico-gutierrez/ What former President Alvaro Uribe says, who summoned his party for a meeting on Tuesday and will be the final factor to determine if Fico takes a risk for a moderate position in exchange for being openly the Uribe's blessing.