He reiterated this in front of hundreds of people who gathered to commemorate the birth of the founder, Líber Seregni, and this year to conclude the “El FA te escucha” initiative that brought the coalition to different communities in the country.
Pereira said there were about 1,500 meetings with different sectors of society during these tours.
We returned to the heart of the city, we spoke to businessmen, ruralistas, organized workers, unions, co-operatives, feminist activists, pro-environmental, animalism, he pointed out.
“That’s a lot for a political force that wants to come back to change,” he said.
He felt the FA was “in a better position than anyone else” for the October 2024 election, although he felt it was premature to talk about favoritism.
The FA will return to government, but “as long as it acts with unity, breadth and generosity”.
Pereira claimed that scandals surrounding former presidential administrator Alejandro Astesiano and drug dealer Sebastián Marset are forcing senior government officials to resign. “Shame yourself a little,” he urged.
Despite the FA President’s call for unity, it was noticeable that frontline mayors Carolina Cosse and Yamandú Orsi, safe pre-candidates for the presidency, disagreed over who would take over the Congress of Mayors.
This has resulted in the position remaining in the hands of Flores Department Mayor Fernando Echeverría of the pro-government National Party, which was considered “regrettable” within the main opposition coalition.
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