Mabel Lara talks about her 'burning' in the legislative elections and responds to journalists who criticized her

The elections held on 13 March left several surprises, both in the inter-party consultations and in the legislative elections. One of the greatest expectations was generated by the New Liberalism, not only because it was the first time that the name of this group appeared on a card, but because of the names that made up the 'zip' lists, that is, made up of women and men in the same number.

Characters such as Sandra Borda, Carlos Camargo and Mabel Lara stood out in the closed list of the group that, according to its motto, took the flags of New Liberalism, the one that Luis Carlos Galán defended until the day of his assassination. But, despite the relevance of those figures, the match was one of the 'burned' after the day.

Well, the journalist referred to the poor results in the last elections, the experience of being top of the list in the Senate and campaigning politically amid the polarization in the country, tied to two political sides.

In dialogue with the program 'La Red', the communicator who recently passed through Caracol Radio, said: “I burned myself! But a dignity accompanies me... I believe in utopias.” He added that he was confident that the New Liberalism could reach the threshold of 540,000 votes.

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Likewise, she did not hesitate to confess that that burn meant the “greatest failure of my professional life, because I have truly been a very blessed woman”. However, the experience helped him to strengthen his character, beyond the electoral guayabo of not being able to occupy at least one seat in Congress.

“Give tusa. One says juemadre, with that credential - that of a senator - I could have done so many things, but that is not a limitation,” said the one born in Puerto Tejada (Cauca).

Later, he revealed in the entertainment magazine quoted that his desire to do politics from the legislature is not new, but that they were accentuated after practicing journalism from Washington, where he was a correspondent for Caracol Radio. In fact, when he announced his call for New Liberalism, he stated that he received several criticisms and mockery from several colleagues.

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The Caucana did not rule out relaunching itself to Congress in a forthcoming election. For the time being he will continue to support various processes of social transformation, in fact, he questioned his continuation as a journalist, the one he started on the regional channel Telepacifico, from where he made a leap to Caracol Televisión. In this medium, she consolidated herself as one of the first Afro women to present news in the country.

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