Deputy Johannes Kaiser officially announced his intention to run as a presidential candidate in the upcoming elections. With this decision, the parliamentarian, a former member of the Republican Party, not only confronts José Antonio Kast, but also his own brother, Axel, the “street economist” and friend of Javier Milei.
“Would you like to be a presidential candidate?” they asked the deputy on the radio Agriculture. “I am going to be a presidential candidate,” Kaiser responded, making it clear that he will seek to be an option for the entire right.
“Chile Vamos offered to hold primaries and I am fully willing to go and discuss on the platform that they offer for the primaries, regarding which government plans have the best prospect of success in recovering this country,” he said.
In his words, participating in primaries is an opportunity to demand a real commitment to a coherent political line, avoiding repeating past mistakes where — in his opinion — campaign speeches differed from the implemented policies.
“I’m tired of having a government, supposedly right-wing, that ends up making left-wing policies,” criticized Deputy Kaiser.
And he concluded: “My approach, being politically realistic, is that, effectively, everyone should participate in the primary. And agreements should be signed that were also agreements to be fulfilled in the future.”
His brother, Axel Kaiser, is also running for president. This unique family setting adds an intriguing element to the Chilean political landscape, with two brothers competing for the same goal.
“Before I ruled it out 100%, now I don’t rule it out 100%. We have a lost decade between totally failed center-right and center-left governments, which the only thing they have done is grow the size of the State, destroying the freedom of citizens and the health of the economy, and I believe that a liberal restoration is needed here. “, commented the economist a few days ago to The Mercury.
The announcement by Congressman Kaiser also does not go unnoticed by José Antonio Kast, the influential founder of the Republican Party who has not overcome the defeat in the last plebiscite of the option in favor on which he bet his political capital.
“There is still a long way to go for the parliamentary and presidential elections, but it is evident that we all want to have José Antonio Kast as a presidential candidate in 2025 and we will work to make that happen,” he explained last month to The bookcase the president of the Republican Party, Arturo Squella.
All while in Chile Vamos they hope to recover the hegemony of the right with the help of Mayor Evelyn Matthei, especially at a time when the death of former president Sebastián Piñera has positioned the opposition conglomerate that brings together the UDI, RN and Evópoli.
