Bogota - The Second National Congress of the opposition group Polo
Democracia Alternativa (PDA) concluded Sunday after three days of
intensive ideological debates that finished with the ratification of
unity among left-wing forces.
One of these evidences was reelection of PDA president Carlos
Gaviria considered an agglutinating figure of all tendencies and
political groups involved in the Pole.
With his reelection finished a massive activity in which Gaviria won
with 794 votes for 471 to senator Luis Carlos Avellaneda who was
also candidate of the post and was ratified as General secretary
Carlos Bula with a large margin.
Gaviria who announced his resignation to be reelected during the
opening of this congress last Thursday definitely accepted his
appointment for a new period saying that responsibilities can not be
avoided.
When the results of the vote were announced a chorus was heard in
Corferias exhibition center saying unity, unity, unity.
In that way speculations of almost all the local press were
destroyed over an imminent breaking of PDA.
The delegates agree the PDA must go with one candidate openly
elected to 2010 presidential elections that is to say not only the
party members could vote for him but all Colombians who wanted to do
it.
