Democratic Caucus promises transparent process to select consensus candidate

Biden nominated Kamala Harris as the Democratic candidate, after giving up re-election / Photo: El Comercio

The Democratic National Committee said Sunday that while the resignation of a presidential candidate with just over three months to go before the election is “unprecedented,” in the coming days the Party will undertake a “transparent and orderly” process to replace Joe Biden.

“The work we must do now, while unprecedented, is clear. In the days ahead, the Party will embark on a transparent and orderly process to move forward as a united Democratic Party behind a candidate who can defeat Donald Trump in November,” said Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison in a statement.

This process, he added, will be governed by the rules and procedures established by the Party, at a time when the delegates “are prepared to take seriously their responsibility to quickly present a candidate to the American people.”

“Democrats are united and prepared in our determination to win in November. As we move forward to formally select our Party’s nominee, our values ​​as Democrats remain the same: cutting costs, restoring freedoms, protecting the rights of all people, and saving our democracy from the threat of dictatorship,” he said.

“In a short time,” he added, the American people will hear from the Democratic Party “on the next steps and the path forward for the nomination process.”

This Sunday, less than a month before the Democratic Party holds its convention in Chicago (starting on August 19), Biden decided to abandon the race for re-election “in the interest” of the Democratic Party and the United States, and offered his support to Vice President Kamala Harris.

All this after a tough few weeks with growing criticism over the suitability of his candidacy following his disastrous performance in the first debate of the race for the White House against Trump, which was held on June 27 and in which he appeared disoriented at times, a situation that fueled the controversy over his advanced age, 81 years.

Washington / EFE