During his speech, the president had to raise his tone due to the demands of Frente Amplio militants due to the political crisis.
President Luis Lacalle Pou lived an uncomfortable day during the inauguration of the Cerro Hospital (Montevideo) due to the insistent claims by a group of militants of the Broad Front (FA) due to the current political crisis facing the government after the scandal over the passport given to drug traffickers Sebastian Marsetwhich led to the resignation of several leaders of the Executive Branch.
During his inaugural speech today, the head of state had to raise his voice to overcome the noise floor generated by the protesters. In one of the banners, linked to the Popular Participation Movement (MPP), a sector of the FA, one could read “a little hospital does not cover up corruption, the mafia, or hunger in children.”
Before the claims, the president heated up his speech and assured that “this has been a government with a strong social component, what happens is that we do not gargle with social development and assistance to those who need it most”, suggesting that this would have happened in the previous FA governments.
“The children of those who brought the posters will be here”
The head of state showed his satisfaction with the completion of the public work, which required an investment of more than 3 million dollars, and defiantly expressed that “we are all happy that the Hill has a hospital, because the children of those who are closer here, and the children of those who brought the posters will be there, and they will be treated as they deserve.”
After these comments, a part of the public began to applaud and harangue the president, while the protesters emphasized their shouts of disapproval and some insults towards Lacalle Pou.
“I said it throughout the campaign, I said it the day we won, but we didn’t win, because they didn’t accept,” he indicated, remembering the 2019 runoff, when the FA presidential candidate, the former mayor of Montevideo, Daniel Martinezasked to wait for the final scrutiny before admitting defeat.
At one point in his speech, the president addressed the protesters directly, stating that “there is a little sign there, among all the signs that have been dedicated to me today, that says: “Presi, take charge,” needless to say,” he commented sarcastically, pointing with his hand to the façade of the new Hospital del Cerro.
Source: Ambito
