Find out who Carlos Prosperi is, candidate in the primary elections for president of Venezuela

Lawyer and former deputy Carlos Prosperi Manuitt, 46, is a candidate in the primary elections for president of Venezuela, scheduled for October 22, representing Democratic Action (AD), a party with a social-democratic tendency and tradition in the country, with 82 years of history.

However, the AD is also a divided and judicialized party. He faced a decision from the country’s Supreme Court of Justice after part of the political group filed a lawsuit seeking to demand the democratization of space and internal elections. These elections have not yet taken place.

This other half of Democratic Action has Luis Eduardo Martínez as a pre-candidate.

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As part of his academic training, Prosperi completed a specialization in Criminal Law at the Bicentenary University of Aragua.

After studying, he began his political career, which has lasted 25 years, since taking over the Municipal Youth Secretariat, in Mercedes del Llano, in the state of Guárico.

Subsequently, she rose through the AD hierarchy until becoming Sectional General Secretary in Caracas, in 2017, and, later, Secretary of National Organization. She went from holding regional positions to performing roles in the Venezuelan capital and at the national level.

He was deputy of the National Assembly for Guárico in the periods 2010-2015 and 2016-2021. In 2019, he became head of his party’s parliamentary group.

What are Carlos Prosperi’s proposals?

Among Carlos Prosperi’s proposals for Venezuela is what he calls the rationalization of public spending with attention to the concentration of resources in health, education and infrastructure, among other issues.

It also proposes the implementation of anti-inflationary policies through fiscal, monetary, exchange rate and financial measures, all with the ultimate objective of reducing poverty.

With regard to the oil industry, fundamental to the Venezuelan economy, it proposes “the opening of the market and the participation of public and private investment in the oil, gas and fuel businesses”.

Prosperi also promises fair wages and promotes a zero-hunger plan.

Source: CNN Brasil

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