The Colorado Party had proposed naming the passenger terminal after the former Uruguayan president, without changing the name of the airport.
Town meeting spoke out against pay homage to former president Jorge Batlle calling your name to the passenger terminal at the international airport of Montevideoa proposal that the Colorado Party had made.
The Carrasco International Airport bears his name in homage to the Brigadier Cesareo Berisso. The Colorado Party project had the objective of changing the name of the airport passenger terminal in the name of former president Jorge Batlle.
However, during the last session where the issue was discussed in plenary session, the Cabildo Abierto was against it, although the Colorado partyhe National Party and the broad front they agreed to the tribute. This stopped the initiative since usually all the parties have to vote unanimously to carry out a tribute.
This March 8, it was discussed again in the Senate Transportation Commission, but with the condition of the Broad Front that established the need for all parties to agree for their vote to be positive, something that did not happen, since the Cabildo Open again rejected the initiative.
The senator and leader of Cabildo Abierto, Guido Manini, He explained why he does not believe it is necessary to pay the tribute at the Carrasco Airport. “Dr. Jorge Batlle was a President who knew how to lead the country in very difficult circumstances. He did it in such a way that he allowed us to quickly get out of the crisis. Undoubtedly, he deserves a tribute from all Uruguayans, ”Manini established.
“Brigadier Cesáreo Berisso was a pioneer of Aviation in our country and the Airport has been named after him since 1994 (law 16,677). Other countries have named their airports after their pioneers. We do not believe it is fair to stop honoring our pioneerManini explained. “We will accompany the just homage to Dr. Jorge Batlle with the designation of an Avenue, Route, Bridge, or whatever is deemed most appropriate with his name,” he concluded.
Source: Ambito
