President Bernardo Arévalo, at a press conference this Monday, May 26 at the National Palace, He spoke about the new political proposal that a group of official deputies presented with the aim of having a possibility of re -election and participation in the 2027 general elections.
Although the division between the group led by Samuel Pérez and another by José Carlos Sanabria is already marked, the president said that the root faction continues to support the government.
“The group that is around the creation of this new organization called roots has been explicit, in the sense that they continue and consider that this is a continuity and continue to support the Government of the Republic and have not said anything else,” said the president.
When consulting if the deputy Samuel Pérez would continue to be the political operator between the Executive and the Congress, Arévalo replied that this will be defined based on what happens within the bench. “We can see that in the next few days from the weekend events,” said Arévalo.
Since the beginning of the government, Samuel Pérez has been in charge of negotiations in Congress to promote the proposals for the law of interest of the Executive.
In statements last week, the parliamentarian explained that the idea of refunding is because there is little time to have a political proposal that can participate in the electoral event, because the seed movement is canceled by order of Judge Freddy Orellana.
Regarding the statements of Arévalo, deputy Samuel Pérez said that from the Congress of the Republic they will continue to support the President until he finishes his four -year mandate and assured that the creation of the Raíces party seeks to give continuity to the line of the Semilla Movement, without intention of becoming opposition to the Executive.
“Yes, absolutely. We are 23 deputies who are official bench, we are not going to stop supporting the president, we will comply with the same political project for which we were elected and our support is unconditional, that is a fact. That is a parallel path precisely to give continuity to the legacy of the seed government, of President Arévalo, of the good that is being done, but it has nothing to do with nothing,” Pérez said.
Deputy Pérez and other officials presented on May 25 his proposal for a future political party. These are roots, the alternative with which they intend to participate in the next elections, given the cancellation of the Semilla Movement.
The assembly of the promoter group was held in the Industry Park, this being the first step for the creation of a new political organization.
The creation of this new proposal generated divisions within the Semilla Movement, since other founders reject the idea of constituting a new party.
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