The presidential candidate of the National Party (PN), Laura Raffoagain launched harsh criticism against the mayor of Montevideo, Caroline Cossethis time due to the floods in recent days in the capital city, as a result of heavy rains.
The nationalist pre-candidate assured that “we are seeing a mayor who is spending the money of all Montevideans on advertising instead of taking care of the needs of the people, it is not our way of doing politics.”
Raffo’s statements at a press conference took place last Tuesday as part of the inauguration of the headquarters of his new political space Addin front of Independence Square.
Raffo remarked that in Sumar they always tour the neighborhoods of the country’s capital and are “very present.” “Citizens of Montevideo they can count on us to contemplate their needs, he stressed.
“In these weeks in which the storm created a desperate situation in many neighborhoods, (where) houses were flooded, mattresses were wet, people had to evacuate their children at dawn, Mayor Cosse was once again absent” , shot white politics.
“We believe that the way to do politics is different, the way to do politics is by being on the people’s side, listening to their needs,” Raffo said.
The presidential candidate went further and commented that Cosse “made statements and said she was calm, that the protocols had been complied with. How do you explain to a desperate family that the protocol was complied with and that the mayor is calm?”
The Mides criticized the actions of Carolina Cosse in the face of heavy rains
Caroline MurphyDepartmental Territorial Director of Montevideo of the Ministry of Social Development (you measure), also attacked the mayor Caroline Cosse by the action of the Municipality of Montevideo (MI) against the consequences caused by these rains of more than 100 millimeters in the department, accusing the capital’s government of being “absent” and “distracted” from its administrative functions.
“From the creators of “minimum impact”, comes “positive assessment”. For affected families, worried about their children and loss of their belongings, it is notorious that it is neither minimal nor positive,” Murphy launched ironically, paraphrasing the voices IM officials through their X (Twitter) account.
Faced with Murphy’s criticism, Cosse stated that the statements were “nonsense” and that he trusts “in the intelligence of the people.” “I do not have to defend the Administration because the best defense is our actions,” she stressed.
Source: Ambito
