Fico Gutierrez, and the risk of "Uribe’s presidential candidate"

Since the night of Sunday, Federico Fico Gutierrez, the Colombian presidential candidate has been the strongest.  https://forbes.co/2021/11/25/precandidatos-presidenciales/es-increible-ver-el-obstaculo-que-le-han-puesto-a-hidroituango-de-manera-irresponsable/ It is not his first time appearing on an electoral card. He was previously a councilor and mayor in Medellin. His first test in a national elections which saw him receive more than 2 millions votes in the Team for Colombia coalition, saw him placed as the preferred candidate of conservative groups.  Fico Gutierrez Fico (47-year-old Fico), who is his name as, is the primary rival of Gustavo Petro. He was, with the Historic Pact, one of three candidates in the race which decided who would represent the three major political parties.

The presidential campaign is just beginning. How former Mayor Medellin can fight petrismo and form alliances with other nations will determine his chances of success.  https://www.efe.com/efe/usa/america/fico-gutierrez-se-perfila-como-el-candidato-de-un-sector-la-derecha-colombiana/50000103-4760107 Not only will he have to unite the entire right to his banner however, he must also to gain the support of a section of the population of the center, which was deflated on Sunday and without a remarkable leadership. He'll have to maintain his distance from the former president Alvaro Urbine, which he has not done previously. Today, the public's support for uribsm has been openly expressed.  Fico Gutierrez It is now possible to subtract instead of add this is the first time this has happened in 20-years. "Federico Gutierrez faces a dilemma. He must form an alliance with the Democratic Center (CD), Uribe's party. But he also has to convince the center that it is the one to decide where it goes," Yann Basset from the University of Rosario, analyst and professor.

Fico is on its journey to join forces along with CD, the center of uribism, and this Monday, Fico already has its first conquest. Oscar Ivan Zuluaga was the candidate for the party's presidential bid. Now we will have to see if the entire Uribismo collective, which has been left without a representative, will do the same. Uribe is expected to accept his support and seek to convince his voters using the classic issues of Colombian right. This will not prove difficult. The speech he delivered about "security" and "order", "opportunities", and "love the fatherland” already proved that he is a good addition to voters. As he did during his stint in the Antioquia mayor's office and he confirmed this with the consultation on elections. "The bandits in prison or in graves"" he said recently during a trip to Arauca which is one of the areas that is particularly targeted by violence. Fico is well aware of the Colombian right's preferences, but that will not suffice for him.

Basset says, "We aren't in 2018, when the fear of the Left performed well." Basset's analyst suggests that Fico may not receive Uribe’s blessing because Alvaro Uribe has been stripped of his entire leadership role since 2002 when the president was elected. But this does not mean that Uribismo's votes Uribismo even if they are not in the top tier, are not indispensable to Gutierrez such as what happened on Sunday, or in his first attempt to get into the office of the mayor of Medellin, when Uribe supported him even over the candidate from his party. "This victory (winning in the coalition) is not only due to Uribism. Basset warns that right now, his abilities as a negotiator are going to be restricted. "To convince the right, but not to invest all his resources in this alliance, is his test." Concerning the relationship between former President Uribe and Fico the analyst Andres Mejia Vergnaud remarks "the greatest challenge for Federico Gutierrez is that he is seeking the votes of Uribismo, but without the image of Uribe since it doesn't fit him as a candidate".

Gustavo Petro, the leader of the left is the only person who can lead, but Gustavo Petro, the leader of the right, is running for president. In the event that Fico is able to convince him - should this be possible - convinces him to not step away and back his. Rodolfo Hernández, an uninvolved, is still in contest. Gutierrez will need to include former Bucaramanga mayor, a millionaire and builder, in his list of achievements in order to stop the petrismo.

Gutierrez has lots of work ahead of him before he even considers names for the presidential formula. But what Gutierrez has already is support of other candidates for the presidency of the Team for Colombia alliance.  Fico Gutierrez It's not all that. Two mayors from the past, Enrique Penalosa in Bogota and Alex Char in Barranquilla, are in his presence; David Barguil is the leader of Conservative party. Aydee Lizarazo is a Christian party member who is able to vote in accordance with the church's lectern.

The Conservative Party was strengthened, and won the biggest right-wing vote, with over 2 million votes. The Conservative Party also enjoys the support of the U Party. This party has a strong vote in legislative with more than 1 million votes. The support of Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, who didn't let a long time pass after Sunday's elections, to assume his defeat ahead of a possible battle for the right-wing votes, provides Fico an opportunity to gain momentum in a sector of conservatism however, it distances Fico from votes that could be cast from the middle. According to Alvaro Uribe, former president, Fico will have to decide whether he wants to take a risk in the center to have the chance to be blessed by Uribe.