The president maintained a stable level, with 34% disapproving of the management, according to the latest survey by Equipos Consultores.
He President Luis Lacalle Pou maintained a stable level of approval over the past month, with 45% of Uruguayans who value his management positively, According to the latest survey by Equipos Consultores, in the midst of weeks marked by the water crisis, the depreciation of the dollar and his meetings with leaders of the region and even with US President Joe Biden during a tour of that country.
The survey also shows that 34% disapproved the performance of Lacalle Pou at the head of the Executive, with a fifth of the population still oscillating, since 19% hold intermediate positions and 2% have no opinion. Thus, the president passes the exam of citizens, with a positive differential of 11%. From Equipos Consultores they pointed out that the data from this survey “are practically identical to those of the previous measurements”, for which reason they considered that “The presidential image is in a stage of strong stability.”
Especially if one takes into account that the president had to deal in recent weeks with the consequences generated by the already declared water emergency, along with criticism for the exchange rate delay and the judicial situation that affects the Senator Gustavo Penadés, indicted for allegations of sexual abuse.
At the same time, he is supported by his latest high-impact activities at the international level. It is that he managed to modify the wording of the joint text after the summit of presidents called by President Lula da Silva in Brazil, while he kept a surprise meeting with Biden during his tour of the United States, where he received an award.
Lacalle Pou, with the highest approval among the presidents of Uruguay at this point in the mandate
If a historical look is made, from Equipo Consultores they qualified as “very good” the data of Lacalle Pou compared with the numbers of other Uruguayan presidents at the same time of the government cycle. Regarding the level of approval, the 45% that he garnered is the highest percentage so far, followed by tabare vazquez in 2008 and José “Pepe” Mujica in 2013, both with 42%.
However, when evaluating the net balance, which is 11 positive points for the current president, it is surpassed by Vázquez in 2008 (16 points in favor) and equal to that of Mujica in 2013. The rest of the former presidents, from Julio Maria Sanguinetti in 1988, they reaped negative balances at the same height of their government periods.
Source: Ambito
