Buenos Aires, Dec 12 (NA) — The mayor of Venado Tuerto and vice president of the UCR of Santa Fe, Leonel Chiarella, was elected this Friday as president of the National Committee of the party, a position in which he will succeed Martín Lousteau, according to what the Argentine News Agency was able to learn from party sources.
Chiarella, 36 years old, stated that during his tenure he will seek to "best represent the values and work of the UCR."
The UCR governs 5 provinces, more than 500 mayors, and we have demonstrated in all our management the efficiency and that when there is no corruption, the resources are sufficient. We govern and we do it with a lot of courage because we are carrying out a fight against drug trafficking," insisted the Santa Fe leader.
Asked about labor reform, Chiarella said he will work together with the UCR's legislative blocs and anticipated that "there is a system that did not work, because there are more workers in the informal sector than in the formal one."
"There must be a labor modernization and we will work so that SMEs, workers and small merchants are represented," he affirmed.
He also stated that "there are issues that the Government raises with which we agree, which have nothing to do with an ideological issue but with common sense: it is not ideological to spend less than what is collected; that prisoners cannot commit crimes from prison and that the State accompanies the productive sector," he exemplified.
The vote in the UCR Committee:
The election of Chiarella did not have the approval of all sectors, since neither the experienced Federico Storani nor anyone from Authentic Radicalism will be part of the new National Committee.
The reason? They accuse the new leadership of seeking to integrate into the formation of United Provinces, which "was already an electoral fiasco in the province of Buenos Aires," they told the Argentine News Agency.
Thus, representatives such as Storani, Juan José Casella and Luis Cáceres are pointing to consolidate Authentic Radicalism.
"The UCR governs 5 provinces, more than 500 mayors, and we have demonstrated in all our management the efficiency and that when there is no corruption, the resources are sufficient." "We govern and we do it with a lot of courage because we are carrying out a fight against drug trafficking."
