The Convocatoria Seregnista-Progresistas, which includes Frente Amplio groups, ratified its support to the legislator in view of the internal elections of the FA.

The sectors Asamblea Uruguay, Fuerza Renovadora, Plataforma, Partido Demócrata Cristiano, Magnolia, Marcha Frenteamplista, Usina, Claveles Rojos and Izquierda Cristiana gave their support to Bergara.

The politician accepted the nomination and accused the administration of President Luis Lacalle Pou of governing for the rich.

And the people are perceiving it by his regressive policies, which bring lower salaries, lower pensions, higher prices, more poverty, more child poverty; which bring the lack of medicines in Public Health, he expressed.

Bergara joins Yamandú Orsi and Carolina Cosse, mayors of Canelones and Montevideo, respectively, in the pre-candidacy of the Frente Amplio.

The Secretary of the Presidency, Álvaro Delgado, is now the National Party’s candidate from the government’s ranks.

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