The former president of Central Board of Directors (Codicen) of the National Administration of Public Education (ANEP), Robert Silvalaunched his pre-candidacy yesterday for the Colorado Party; During the speech, he highlighted several times his achievements as a leader within the administration of public education, among which is the education reform.
The pre-candidate’s first electoral act was yesterday at the Montevideo Music Box and was attended by the deputy Ope Pasquetthe senator Adrian Pena and the vice chancellor Nicolas Albertoniamong other leaders of the Colorado Party.
Being the only speaker of the night, Silva thanked the Ciudadanos sector for giving rise to his candidacy, as well as other sectors that are joining the proposal. “I get news of Rocha, Canelones, Maldonado”, commented the candidate.
Silva’s competition within the Colorado Party
In addition to the former president of Anep, there are other candidates bidding within the party to win the internal elections. Among them are the former president of Antel, Gabriel Gurmendezdeputy Gustavo Zubiathe former national director of Telecommunications Guzmán Acosta y Lara and the Minister of Tourism of the Republic, Tabare Viera.
In that sense, Silva assured that the objective of his pre-candidacy is to win the internal. “Rest assured. If we are here today, we are not here to tie, we are here to win. We are going to win the internal elections of the Colorado Party, we are going to lead the Colorado Party“We are going to be in the runoff and we are going to lead the Republic in 2025,” he said.
Silva’s convictions
During his speech, Silva highlighted on several occasions one of his greatest achievements during his administration in public education: the education reform. The candidate assured that she is the “mother of all transformations” since “the educational deficit is what affects people’s quality of life” and that is why “there had to be a transformation that moved the foundations and roots of the national education”.
“We arrived with seven full-time high schools and we will leave with more than 60 full-time secondary education centers, in five years and with a pandemic,” added the candidate, ensuring that they achieved the objectives during his mandate at the ANEP.
On the other hand, Silva highlighted some of the axes of your campaign where they highlight, first of all, the security. Although the candidate assured that “it is not at the levels it was when we came to government,” there is still much to do on a topic that affects the daily lives of Uruguayans. “This transformative force is impregnated with humanism, and we come to work for the people,” he remarked.
On the other hand, he spoke about the labor market and the consequences that technology has on this. Silva assured that “the first thing we have to do is work to improve people’s working conditions and employability,” putting on the table the existence of the artificial intelligence as a factor that must be paid attention to.
In this sense, he highlighted the importance of promote Uruguayan production with the aim of promoting national development, although without forgetting to be willing to open up to other markets and “celebrate greater trade agreements and free trade agreements.” Meanwhile, he regretted that “our producers, in general, when they want to place Uruguayan work abroad, they encounter high tariffs that often make exports unviable.”
Silva’s opinion on the Marset case
The case of the delivery of the Uruguayan passport to the drug trafficker Sebastian Marset He took with him the position of 5 government officials. Faced with this, the pre-candidate assured this morning in Arriba la Gente that “the president spoke out, the Colorado Party was pronounced. The positions are clear. There were situations that warranted the removal of four people, five adding to Carolina Ache”.
In that sense, he assured that they were “well-taken decisions, necessary, due to situations of disagreements in the ministries.” Meanwhile, he admitted that there was a “set of errors” and that the Justice. “We are in a rule of law in force, the Justice is going to act and has acted,” he said.
Source: Ambito
