The ex-president Jose Mujica referred to the elections next year and anticipated an even contest between the Wide Front and the Multicolor Coalition, in which “the one who makes the least amount of mistakes will win,” while he spoke out in favor of “finding some agreements that define State policies.”
At the same time, Mujica He referred in dialogue with Radio Montecarlo to the elections internal elections of June 30, 2024, where the favorites of each political space are already beginning to appear, to ensure that this instance “should be mandatory.”
For the former president, “the one who makes the least number of mistakes will win” and, although he preferred not to delve into the possible failures that the ruling party or opposition may make, he limited himself to mentioning that “in human affairs there are always mistakes and successes, that is inevitable”.
However, he called for a greater level of consensus in politics. “Hopefully we can have a government that, the next day after the election results, realizes that this country needs a half-dozen things of national agreement,” said the leader of the FA.
In that sense, he analyzed: “We have to understand that Uruguay against medium Uruguay “It’s going to have limitations.” In turn, he recalled that “winning the elections “It is nothing more than having a little more responsibility, but we must not believe that we are implacable owners of the country’s destiny.”
Your request for internal ones to be mandatory
When giving your opinion on the elections internal, where a true electoral rally has already been launched, Mujica observed: “I disagree with our constitutional decision that they are not mandatory.” And he argued: “I am obliged to participate in the national election, but I am not obliged to choose any of the candidates in the internal elections. It seems contradictory to me and it should be improved.”
On the other hand, the former head of state highlighted the “historical maturity” of the country and compared: “Almost nowhere in the world do the country’s founding parties exist, but in Uruguay “They continue.”
“In Uruguay This thing appeared about a lot of different parties coming together 50 years ago for the Broad Front. “I think there is a frontist culture,” he said.
Finally, Mujica He highlighted “the capital of sustaining diversity within a unit,” which he described as “a miracle and an expression of our society” and said that “no matter how internal there are, we have to respect each other because later there will be a decision and we have to align ourselves.” all”.
What did Mujica say about Justice?
Finally, the former president referred to the politicization of the Justice in the country, mainly after what happened with the scandal marset, derived from the delivery of the passport to the Uruguayan drug trafficker.
“It is a danger that we suffer,” he admitted. Mujica and maintained that “the problems that arise from politics towards Justice should be dealt with by a separate body and not mix ordinary justice with the problems of political currents.”
He considered that, otherwise, “we are going to end up doing harm to the Uruguay and to citizens” and postulated: “We should invent some justice mechanism that is specialized in political complaints.”
“We are hitting her from all sides and we do not respect her independence, we pressure her. International experience indicates that in the long run this is not convenient,” he said. Mujica, which he finally compared: “I wouldn’t want what happens in Argentina and other places, where Justice enjoys contempt and discredit that harms it.”
Source: Ambito
