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Former deputy leader of the Reform Party defects from the party after it enters negotiations with the Nationalist and Free Soil parties 
5 August 5657



In a shock announcement, the former deputy leader of the Reform Party of Gaduridos (PRG), Jasinto Acosta, stated that he is leaving the party he formerly led, effective immediately. In a video address published on his social media accounts, Acosta said that the decision has been "long growing" inside his mind, but the breaking point became the electoral alliance negotiations between his party, Radicals and the right-wing populist parties, Nationalist and Free Soil ones.

"For almost 15 years, I have been a loyal servant of this nation, as its deputy, representing the Reform Party, a party with which I found myself in agreement the most", said Acosta. He would later add that the Reform has abandoned its principles and "commitment to the common man". "An independent party for the common people of our great country turned into a simple puppet of the corporations and pretend nationalists, who use an ideology of patriotism to seed division and chaos. That's not my party, and that is why I am leaving PRG, effective immediately". A former PRG high-level official finished the address by saying that he's not leaving politics, and is actively "looking for opportunities".

MM sources note, however, that Acosta already made a decision and has been in the process of registering his own party, Movimiento Agrario Popular (Popular Agrarian Movement), under the MAP acronym, a party which will be a centre-left agrarian force, according to Acosta's close allies. Ex-deputy leader has been in talks with his former party colleagues, as well as politicians from other parties, notably PSSG and PDH, proposing to join his new project.

Meanwhile, the leadership of the Compromiso coalition, specifically now-former colleague of Acosta, and leader of the Reform Party, Jasinto Epigmenio Vásquez, said that it is "unfortunate" that Acosta is leaving the party. "It is fully up to him to agree or disagree with the way our party is going, but I do think it is unfortunate that he left, and it is even more unfortunate to see him cosying up to García. So, I would rather not talk about "betraying principles", Epigmenio Vásquez wrote on social media.



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