April 21, 2026 – 21:47
The senators of Honor Colorado debate the roadmap to accompany Pedro Alliana on the path to the presidential candidacy. The legislators highlight at least three conditions that must characterize the candidate. They reject technical profiles for the position and claim the Senate space. They also demand a partner with “political waist” and territorial legitimacy.
The senators Derlis Maidana and Natalicio Chase They debated the path of the vice president Pedro Alliana to his presidential candidacy. Both maintain that the next vice president must be, above all, a race politician.
The legislators agreed that the position of vice president It is not a position for technicians. For Maidana and Chase, the “political waist” It is a non-negotiable requirement to manage the relationship with the Congressthe social projects and dialogue with civil society.
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For his part, senator Derlis Maidana pointed out that, although a name will not be imposed on Pedro Allianathe Senate bench claims its space. “The leaders of the Executive power They must be politicians. It requires a lot of capacity to talk to legislators and move the country forward, without detracting from the technical aspects, but each person in their place,” he stated.
Maidana revealed that a key meeting to discuss these candidacies It was postponed until next week. due to the urgency of the Hernán Rivas case, but he announced that the proposal is a politician for the vice presidency.
Maidana, an option for the vice presidency
For its part, Natalicio Chaseleader of the Chartist bench in the Upper House, maintained that the Senate has the necessary legitimacy to claim that position, since its members are elected by votes at the national level.
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Chase made no secret that any politician aspires to office, including Maidana as a possible “player” for the teamalthough he clarified that the final decision will be Alliana’s.
Likewise, Maidana clarified that not campaigning for the vice presidential candidacy. However, his name is not ruled out in the political game.
When asked about more technical profiles, such as Marco RiquelmeChase said that “he is a prepared person, but we want a politician. When the management of the State becomes purely technical, we lose sight of the people, who are the center of the political objective.”
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According to his vision, the technicians should be relegated to ministries or vice ministries. In that sense, he expressed that national leadership must be in the hands of those who understand the friction of power.
Both legislators took the opportunity to vindicate the work of the political class in the construction of Paraguay. Chase stressed that, although some members have performed poorly, Politics is responsible for great achievements of the country since its founding.
