What Courel said about the breakup of the UCR and the formation of "Tucuman changes"

The legislator Manuel Courel This morning he referred to the decision of a group of radical leaders to leave the formal structure of the Radical Civic Union (UCR) and form a new political space called “Cambia Tucumán”. In conversation with LG Play, he explained the reasons behind this split and the objectives of the new bloc.

“We decided with Mariano (Campero) and the entire group with which we work politically, to leave the internal affairs of radicalism, to stop participating in the internal process and the formal structure of the party,” said Courel. “We want to concentrate on the problems of the people of Tucumán, leaving aside the chicanery and the internal politics,” he added.

The creation of the “Cambia Tucumán” block – say the creators – is presented as an alternative within the provincial Legislature, with the intention of focusing on concrete proposals for the province. In light of this, Courel highlighted the good relationship with other legislators, such as Silvia Elias from Perezand assured that, despite the differences, they will continue working together under an interbloc.

The legislator explained that, although a package of political reform laws was presented together with other members of the bloc, they also seek to give their own imprint to the proposals. “We want to show a modern and different policy. Tucumán is very backward, and the opposition also has responsibility for that,” he commented.

Courel also spoke about the position of “Cambia Tucumán” regarding the national level. “In radicalism there are two positions: one, represented by the president of the party Martin Lousteauwhich is opposed to JavierMilei; and another, in which Campero and I are, which seeks to support the national government,” he explained.

Regarding the timeframe for the consolidation of this new political space, Courel said that the objective is to prepare an alternative for the 2027 elections and “end Peronism in Tucumán.” Despite not having a strict timetable, he stressed the importance of working on political reform and a new provincial Constitution.

“The idea is to add and not subtract. We want all of us who really want a better Tucumán to be together,” Courel concluded.