The Colombian Association of Truckers announced its support for the candidacy of Federico Gutiérrez

This Tuesday, March 29, the Colombian Association of Truckers (ACC) announced its adherence to the campaign of the former mayor of Medellin and presidential candidate of the Team for Colombia, Federico Gutiérrez, two months after the first presidential round will be held.

In a statement, the ACC reported that more than 370,000 truck drivers who are part of this association were taking advantage of the country project proposed by the right-wing coalition candidate, who stands as the contender at the polls of the opposition leader and presidential candidate of the Historical Pact, Gustavo Petro, who leads the polls of intention to vote in the country.

“We joined Federico Gutiérrez's campaign for the Presidency, since there are two kinds of country to choose from here: the country with truth and democracy, or that of lies, they will govern us. Freight transport is an ally for democracy and legality to move forward,” said the national president of the truckers union, Alfonso Medrano, who launched pujas against the opposition leader.

This announcement was issued at the end of the meeting between the members of the National Board of Directors of the ACC and the candidate of the Team for Colombia, who exceeded two million votes in the internal consultation that consolidated him as the candidate of the right-wing coalition, noting that he was confident in his ability “not only to unite, but to to face challenges such as ensuring security, economy and social stability” in the country.

In the middle of the meeting, in which the 18 sections of the national territory participated, they expressed their main concerns regarding the situations faced by the union linked, especially, to road safety in the country and tolls, some of the historical questions of truck drivers, a sector that generates more than one million four hundred thousand jobs and represents 5 per cent of GDP.

“I am always going to work from common sense, my sector is Colombia, that the country is doing well. We are going to strengthen the legal sectors, I am on the side of the working people of the country. Thank you for the trust,” said 'Fico' Gutiérrez for his part after learning about the support of the association.

This support, which comes two months after the presidential elections, is in addition to that of the Christian Mira party, which was represented within the Team for Colombia alliance with its candidate, Aydée Lizarazo, who expressed support for the former mayor of Medellín.

“The Mira party bench, institutionalized in this meeting with our next President of the Republic, Federico Gutiérrez, is giving it the foundations of the programmatic agreement that has further united us to this campaign. That is why we want to invite all of you to support us with great confidence in this process so that in the first round he will be our president,” said presidential pre-candidate Aydée Lizarazo.

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