Amid internal and municipal disputes, the Authentic Radical Liberal Party (PLRA) is already projecting its strategies for the 2028 general elections. The party's president, Hugo Fleitas, reaffirmed the party's alliance-oriented vocation, highlighting that in the municipal elections the PLRA will run in alliance in more than a hundred districts. According to Fleitas, about 70 of these alliances are with the Yo Creo Party, the main opposition partner.
“Of the 139 alliances signed between the PLRA and other opposition sectors, the one with which we have the most alliances is precisely the Yo Creo Party,” Fleitas declared, stressing that it would be “reckless” to prematurely veto any relevant opposition figure. “We need to unite the entire opposition; therefore, we cannot currently disqualify or discard any important figure within the opposition as potential allies for 2028,” he added.
Deputy Marcelo Salinas also defended party unity after the internal elections. “We hope that after the internal elections everyone unites. A heavy 2028 is coming, a year where the party must be united,” he stated. Salinas expressed a preference for an open primary to define the opposition candidate, admitting that if the PLRA loses in that process, it should support another citizen.
The debate over the opposition ticket intensified after Senator Dionisio Amarilla declared at a rally that he would not support former mayor Miguel Prieto in a potential primary for 2028. Among the names considered for the ticket are Prieto, Kattya González, Ricardo Estigarribia, Eduardo Nakayama, and, should he resign from his position on the Court, former senator Víctor Ríos.
Fleitas, however, insists that the PLRA must be part of the presidential ticket, either as the head or as vice. “I am not closed to it not being from the party, but I would like a liberal to lead the presidency or at least be on the ticket,” he pondered.