Uribismo elects Óscar Iván Zuluaga again as presidential candidate

The former Colombian presidential candidate Oscar Iván Zuluaga He will again be a candidate for that position by the Uribista Democratic Center in the 2022 elections, as announced this Monday by that right-wing party, which has governed since 2018 with Iván Duque.

“The winner is the doctor Oscar Iván Zuluaga”, affirmed the director of the Democratic Center, Nubia Stella Martínez, when revealing the name of the chosen one through an internal survey.

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Zuluaga, 62, already contested the Presidency of Colombia in 2014 when he lost in the second round to Juan Manuel Santos, who then obtained his re-election.

The politician, who was also Minister of Finance between 2007 and 2010, in the second government of Álvaro Uribe, is the first official candidate for the 2022 elections, scheduled for May 29, since the other parties are in the pre-campaign of formation of alliances and appointment of applicants.

Zuluaga He was chosen as the standard-bearer of the Democratic Center after conducting 4,200 internal surveys of his militants, which were in charge of the firms Yanhass and the National Consulting Center.

In addition to the winner, senators Paloma Valencia and María Fernanda Cabal aspired to obtain the candidacy of the Democratic Center; former Vice Minister Rafael Nieto and Josué Alirio Barrera, former Governor of the department of Casanare.

THANK YOU FROM ZULUAGA

Zuluaga thanked the members of his party because they saw in his proposal “The possibility of taking Colombia to the place it deserves with opportunities for all, including our adversaries.”

“Thank you for giving me the confidence to bring the Democratic Security 2.0 proposal to all Colombians,” he assured in reference to Uribe’s flagship program during his government and that it boosted his popularity.

The candidate, who will start a national tour on Tuesday in which he will be accompanied by those who were his rivals in this internal party, said that “Colombia is changing” and that “the new reality of the country” must be understood.

“Only in this way will we be able to create a great national team to face the tough electoral challenge that is coming.”Added Zuluaga, who is an economist of conservative origin and one of the founders of the Democratic Center.

The candidate uribista He was also mayor between 1990 and 1991 of his hometown, Pennsylvania, in the central department of Caldas, as well as a senator between 2002 and 2006.

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