00:00Is Uribismo fracturing? The debate over whether or not the Democratic Center is a political party
00:05The right-wing movement unleashed a crisis that today pits several political forces against each other and puts Álvaro Uribe in a difficult position.
00:11and Abelardo de la Espriella in a face-to-face interview. It all began with an internal forum at the Center
00:16Democratic, in which the party's ideological identity was debated. The main idea was...
00:22promoted by Uribe and Paloma Valencia, that the group should not define itself as one of
00:28The right-wing stance provoked a strong reaction in various sectors. To respond to this controversy, Uribe
00:33He publicly argued that the choice leaves behind the old debate between social democracy and
00:40neoliberalism. However, he also left a question unanswered by stating that he still doesn't know if
00:45He will attend Abelardo de la Espriella's position for personal reasons, a gesture that many interpret
00:50as a message amidst the crisis. María Fernanda Cabal and even Daniel Briseño are pushing for it.
00:56Against that lack of ideological definition. Cabal, who asserted that he no longer feels part of it.
01:01From the Democratic Center, he criticized the lack of ideological clarity and confirmed that he requested
01:06formally the decision of the community. Briseño asserted that the formula of denying
01:10The right wing and its attempt to turn towards the center has already failed.
01:14Outside the party, a new player has emerged: Abelardo de la Espriella. His movement, Defensores (Defenders), is also active.
01:18The Fatherland gained recognition as a political party amidst the crisis it is going through
01:24The Democratic Center and the leadership of the right are beginning to be contested.
01:28A possible fragmentation of the right-wing vote in the regional elections is on the table.
01:33The Democratic Center will no longer only compete with the other traditional parties. Now
01:37He will have to compete for that electorate with National Salvation and Defenders of the Fatherland, two
01:42groups close to the president-elect that seek to consolidate themselves as leaders of that
01:48political sector and who showed their political strength on June 21st in the election of
01:53de la Espriella as president of Colombia with 12.9 million votes, a figure that later
01:58He guaranteed that the National Electoral Council would grant legal status to the movement.
02:03de la Espriella. However, as he already demonstrated in the elections for the president of Congress,
02:08The Democratic Center, which placed 17 senators in the new legislature, is not afraid to distance itself.
02:14from the government. It remains to be seen whether these ideological differences will lead to yet another confrontation.
02:19It's tough at the polls. Now the battle will be for the regional elections in which they will begin
02:24to shuffle and measure the scope of the two groups.
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