Overview
- Wolfgang Grozo acknowledged he was wrong to initially deny his closeness to Zamir Villaverde and labeled the businessman a “sinister figure.”
- He described their 2021 relationship as social and academic, said he has kept distance since then, rejected a job offer from Villaverde last year, and denied any campaign contributions.
- He presented Integridad Democrática as a grassroots movement with limited funds that is not beholden to outside interests.
- He is reported in fourth place in recent preferences and says rivals on the left and right have hurled contradictory ideological attacks as his support has grown.
- He pledged no further extensions to the Reinfo mining registry, vowed to target laws he says enable impunity, and stressed he would not dissolve Congress, while condemning both violent infiltrators and excessive force by security forces.