Lúgaro assures that machismo has intensified in politics

Before announcing her departure from Puerto Rico’s electoral politics, attorney Alexandra Lúgaro explained her reasons for leaving, criticized the machismo that exists within her, and talked about her future work.

In an interview with Radio Isla, the former candidate for governor of the Citizen Victory Movement spoke about how difficult it is to insert oneself into the politics of the country, with a different mindset and against power structures.

“It is extremely difficult to enter politics, but especially if you are a woman, if you are young, if you are free to voice your opinion and if you are willing to confront the structures that have been bringing here for years, ”noted.

For the also former independent candidate for governor, and gaining 11 percent of electoral support, “that machismo has intensified because it’s normalized, you just need to enter Twitter and do a simple search to see misogenesis.”

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Speaking about the reasons for her departure from politics, the lawyer spoke of the various reasons that led her to make this decision, ranging from her daughter to the economic realities she has experienced over the past six years, where she says she does not earned income.

“I cannot deny that this is a factor (his daughter) that is somehow influencing the decision, but it is not the factor that gives it the most weight. My family has supported me during that process, my family knows why I got into electoral politics and they know how nasty electoral politics can be, and it’s a shame my daughter has had to see so little how we live in a country where not longer There are professional or ethical lines, these lines intersect to attack what is most precious to a human, if that human is preparing for very specific interests and in that sense my daughter understood, my family understood and we have tried to keep that core protected, with everything and that it is a great weight. Also, no doubt, the economic part, I’ve been trying to keep helping the country for six years and during that process, since they don’t earn any income, we’ve had to make numerous arrangements, ”he said.

Without taking an interest in politics in her youth, the former governor-candidate expressed a wish that the spaces she passed through be taken by other people. “I think it is personally time that I can also contribute from other spaces to change the things that I want some kind of movement,” he said.

Currently, the graduate noted that she has several job openings and will soon announce where she will go, although she has ruled out holding an unelected position in government.

Lúgaro was an independent candidate for governor in the 2016 election, then ran for the same office in 2020 under the Victoria Ciudadana movement.

Watch the interview here: