Concern about the state of public safety has taken hold in public opinion as the pandemic has receded and other concerns have emerged, according to a report presented by the director of the consulting firm, Eduardo BottinelliTuesday on VTV.
Public security as the main concern has progressed systematically, reported the Uy Press agency, although economic issues continue to capture the main attention of Uruguayans.
The evaluation of the performance of President Luis Lacalle Pou and the government in terms of security in the second two months of the year – the survey was carried out at the national level between April 24 and May 11 – is presented with a negative balance.
35% of those surveyed have a bad opinion and 25% a very bad one, totaling a negative opinion of 60%. While only 4% have a very good opinion about the performance and 31% good, totaling 35% positive opinions. The remaining 5% have a neutral opinion or no opinion.
Between the third quarter of 2020 and the first of 2022, positive views on government performance on security ranged from 48% to 56%.
The break occurred in the second quarter of 2022 (June measurement), when negative opinions began to be around 60% and positive evaluations around 35%, with very small oscillations throughout last year. and so far in 2023.
The murder of the Ta-ta employee reopened the debate over insecurity
The Factum poll was published the same day that legislators from the Multicolor Coalition headed by President Luis Lacalle Pou got involved in a controversy with the mayor of Canelones and presidential candidate for the broad front (FA), Yamandu Orsifor the murder of an employee of a ta ta supermarket.
“A worker in a supermarket was shot to the head, and every day we hear of more homicides. But what seems to worry the government the most is who is being treated at the police hospital. They are missing him,” Orsi tweeted.
The reactions of the ruling party were not long in coming. The senator for the National Party Sebastian da Silva He responded harshly: “It suits him better to be macanudo than spicy. It’s been a long time since idiocy has been heard how it is in the political debate. Caranchito ”, she wrote on her Twitter account.
The Colorado deputy Philip Schipani He also joined the controversy by responding to Orsi’s demands about the police hospital. “Someone who aspires to be President of the Republic should not relativize an act of corruption. I should condemn him ”, he published on his social networks.
Source: Ambito
