President Luis Lacalle Pou gave his opinion on the runoff that will take place in less than a month in Argentina and maintained that his position is “let the one who does better for my country win,” for which he said that he takes into account bilateral relations and the position on the Mercosur.
When referring to the dispute that will be fought on November 19 Sergio Massa and Javier Milei, The president initially maintained that he preferred not to give his opinion, although he later clarified: “Whoever wins we will sit down and talk.”
“I don’t get involved in other people’s elections, the Argentine process has not finished,” he initially answered. Lacalle Pou during a press conference in Black river before a consultation on the definition of elections in the neighboring country.
The president maintained that he does not have a preference for “any option in particular,” although he quickly added: “Actually, I do have one, let the one who does the best for my country win. I don’t know which one it will be, but let it be the one that does the best for my country.” make bilateral relations with our country better.”
In response to the question about statements from the current Economy Minister and candidate for Union for the Homeland, Sergio Massa, He went deeper: “I don’t think about elections and presidents, much less what candidates think about. Whoever wins, we will sit down and talk.”
Specifically, regarding his claims, he admitted that “Uruguay has an interest in at least the last 20 years of participating in the Mercosur, that some inequalities are improved and that we can freely negotiate with the rest of the world.” With that in mind, he concluded: “Whoever fulfills that for me is the best candidate in any of the countries of the world.” Mercosur”.
Mujica, with a very different look
In this way, the gaze of Lacalle Pou It is very different from that expressed by the former president Jose Mujica, who opted for the official candidate and qualified Javier Milei, of La Libertad Avanza, like “a monkey with a machine gun.”
Previously, the Frente Amplista leader had considered that Massa It was the one that seemed “least crazy” and he thought that the libertarian was “dangerous.” In the same sense he referred to “the mystique” of the peronism to reverse the result of the primaries and be the most voted force in the general elections.
Source: Ambito
