Caracas (EFE).- The former deputy from Venezuela Tamara Adrián, the first transsexual woman in Latin America to win a seat in the Parliament of her country, formalized her candidacy on Thursday for the primary elections that the opposition will hold on October 22 to define the adversary that will compete with Chavismo in the 2024 presidential elections.
Adrián, a 69-year-old lawyer, signed up for the anti-Chavista race before the National Primary Commission (CNP) with the backing of the United for Dignity (UPD) organization, a political movement created in 2022 to promote inclusion, respect and equality.
“This is not an LGBTI candidacy, but from people for people, with a vision for the 21st century,” the former deputy told reporters, after delivering the requirements at the CNP office, the governing body of the anti-Chavista primaries, in Caracas. .
The also university professor assured that her proposal aims at the “maximum economic development” of the country, to get out of the crisis and “create prosperity” by attracting investment, a plan of which she did not offer further details.
He also pointed out that racism, misogyny, religious intolerance and “other evils” have not allowed Venezuela to “talk about the issues of the 21st century”, something that he considers necessary to do to “leave no one behind”, a phrase that repeated in his public acts.
The former deputy – who obtained her seat in 2015, when she was a member of the Popular Will party, led by Leopoldo López – is the first woman to formally register her name in the primaries, which also hopes to receive the candidacies of former deputies Delsa Solórzano and María Corina Machado, as well as a dozen men.)