President Luis Lacalle Pou led the inauguration of the new headquarters of high school 69 in Casavalle, and took the opportunity to say goodbye to the president of the Central Board of Directors (Codicen) of the National Administration of Public Education (ANEP), Robert Silvawho will leave his position to be a pre-candidate for the sector Citizens of the Colorado Party, ahead of the next general elections Uruguay.
“Today must be the last act that I have with Robert Silva,” Lacalle Pou said during his speech, considering that officials holding public office must resign before October 27 – when there is one year left until the elections – in order to be pre-candidates.
Given this fact, the president praised his “courage” and mentioned different “acts that adorn and define his person”; among them, his insistence that classes be resumed during the pandemic and the educational reform that he led along with other leaders.
“When you want to change, transform, there is always a comfort zone. Changing always generates nervousness. How nice when you dare to take that leap and feel that you have evolved, you have grown. That’s what transforming is, shaking everyone’s drowsiness, to begin with, the status quo of the rulers. It had to be done, it was announced and someone with the courage like you had to come to carry it forward and I thank you for it,” he expressed. Lacalle Pou.
In that sense, he added: “I always admired people who have courage with silence, with serenity. Courage is usually calm, slow, and silent when it needs to be. And I never heard him scream, or get out of line,” he said about Silva.
“He is intellectually and emotionally convinced of what he had to do. So Robert: whatever you are going to do, good luck and thank you very much,” the president concluded, and hugged the still leader of the They codify.
Who are the possible presidential candidates of the Colorado Party?
In addition to Robert Silva —who already presented himself as a candidate for vice presidency in 2019, accompanying the formula led by Ernesto Talvi—, the Colorado Party has the confirmation of the president of Antel, Gabriel Gurmendezwho will compete in the electoral race for the historic List 15.
Likewise, the former prosecutor and deputy, Gustavo Zubia —from the Tercera Vía sector— recently announced that he will present his candidacy, with the intention of competing for the head of the party’s list. And the director of Telecommunications of the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining (MIEM), Guzmán Acosta y Laraalso decided to compete internally.
For its part, the Batllistas group proposes the pre-candidacy of the current Minister of Tourism and former mayor of Rivera, Tabare Viera, who in recent days claimed to feel he had the “experience” and “capacity” to go to the internal elections, fueling the possibility that has not yet been confirmed.
It is worth remembering that, likewise, the former Colorado leader Pedro Bordaberry He re-registered his Vamos Uruguay sector within the party, so his return to the political scene is also an alternative.
Source: Ambito
