The PRSC has announced that it will now be a totally independent party in order to be an option for power in the 2016 elections and will have its own candidates not aligned to any other party. The party spokesman said that this did not mean that all PRSC members would leave their jobs in government.
Nevertheless, PRSC president Federico Antun Batlle said that as soon as the process of transforming the National Housing Bank into the Export Bank (Bandex) was over, he would resign as president there to concentrate on politics full time in order to ensure his party’s return to power. Private sector representatives have complained about the politicization of the National Housing Bank, expressing concerns that this would continue at the newly created export bank.
Antun Batlle said that their manifesto would focus on bringing about the change that society wants and that once they have finished the process of internal restructuring they would launch the candidacies for congressional, municipal and presidential posts.
He said that they enjoyed the support and trust of the people and should they win they would govern with austerity, protect the environment, and build low-cost housing.
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El PRSC anuncia independencia política para ir solo en el 2016