translated from Spanish: “Rojo” Edwards, Kast’s new squire: “I see it’s difficult for Chile to accept Jose Antonio simply because he can win”

The story of José Manuel “Rojo” Edwards with ChileVamos is rude. He was a deputy of RN for two consecutive periods (2010-2018) but decided to leave everything when his party did not give him the quota to go from candidate to Senate. He accused Cuchillazos, resigned RN, challenged the conglomerate and was as independent, but lost.
He disappeared for months, “I took a whole year in which I did not give interviews, I was with the family”, and today returns to the political arena of the hand of Jose Antonio Kast, leader of Republican action and founder of the Republican Party who enrolled yesterday. Not without first clarifying that refichó by RN a while ago, after the request of Cristián Monckeberg and Carlos Larraín.
“Politics is very hard and often unfair” were his initial reflections in an interview with Radio Universo, although he said he does not want to return to the past. “Today the issue of primaries is not institutional, you don’t know whether or not. (…) It is only when it suits the person who has the power to decide whether or not he is primary (…) When the most powerful in the party takes out by secretariat to which it is less potent. It is an experience that serves me to see the future, “he said to explain how he sees the current situation of CHV.
“Primaries must always consider all good candidates, regardless of what is best for internal candidates, which is what I think will happen to the presidential primaries. And is that CHV presidential candidates will not want Jose Antonio because Jose Antonio will win in primary, because it has a very high voting base, very similar to the one that has another candidate like Joaquín Lavín, but has a much more committed base Militant. Then I find it difficult for CHV to accept José Antonio simply because he can win. And that’s what I want to avoid, there has to be unity in the sector, “he added.
“What I do is a call to CHV to respect the primary mechanism for all who believe in a government program and that means including Jose Antonio Kast but without conditions,” he warned by adding that hopes that the same dynamics that were given in his case is not rep Itan.
The existential problem of EvópoliSobre the distance that has shown Evópoli in front of JAK, was harder: “Evópoli has an existential problem because they claim and claim to be diverse and accept diversity, and today do not want people who have been at the Congres Or defending the same ideas enter. They have to explain how they combine to want diversity and leave a group as big as the candidate who is better today in the polls, because today is in a tie with Joaquín Lavín, there is an explanation that has to give Evópoli “. “How is it not going to be strange for a political group to say that ‘ in the name of diversity I will not let you in. ‘”
“Was it not Evópoli who criticized the president for the journey of his children? Was it not Evópoli who criticized the president for the appointment of the former Minister of Culture? Was it not Evópoli who criticized the president when he appointed Pablo Piñera as ambassador? If we are to measure the issue of loyalty by being for or against a particular policy, it has to be with the same rod, “he said. “Are we going to talk about loyalty? OK, but to be measured at all with the same rod (…) What is loyal is to make political criticisms based on a project, a government program. ”
“Let of antics and make it clear that we will make primaries,” he warned, recalling that “when time passes each one takes out the calculator.”
Consulted if you trust the leaders of CHV, Edwards responded that “They have acted primitively, tribal as saying my group is right, your group is bad, it is extreme when in fact we are the same people. It’s not a trust problem, I want you to prime the defense of ideas. ”

Original source in Spanish