The leaders of the Wide Front (FA) Yamandú Orsi, Carolina Cosse and Andrés Lima did not attend the Congress of Mayors at the Montevideo headquarters and their pair of Maldonado, Enrique Antía (National Party) considered that it was “a lack of respect” and accused: “They are candidates.”
At a press conference, Antía He assured that “the three are candidates and apparently they care little about the Congress of Mayors and all the obligations that we have”, with which he linked the absence to the internal opposition, which appears as a favorite for the next elections.
The departmental head of Maldonado considered that his peers Canelones, Montevideo and Salto “They were wrong and he pointed out: “They lacked humility to put things straight.”
In this way, the meeting was held with a full group of white mayors, in addition to Richard Sanders (Colorado Party), departmental head of Rivera. At the meeting, they decided that the next meeting that was going to take place on Thursday in Salto will be held again in Montevideo.
The internal of the Frente Amplio, with a clear favorite
The criticism of Antía and the leaders of the National Party He focused on the intentions of the FA mayors to run. In that eventual internal, the one who appears as the favorite is Orsi, although Cosse grew in voting intention in the last weeks.
Between Orsi and cosse They gather 82% of the sympathies of the FA, according to a survey by Opción Consultores, but the mayor of Montevideo It increased its membership in August, going from 35% to 39%. Meanwhile, his pair of cannelloni It maintained 43% of voting intention, although it fell 6% from the previous 49%.
The remaining mayor was much further behind, Andres Lima, with 2% of party preferences, surpassed by the senator Mario Bergara, which concentrated 6%, with a margin of 10% who did not decide their vote.
Source: Ambito
