President Luis Lacalle Pou questioned the political support of the Cabildo Abierto leader, Guido Manini Ríos, for his ministers; and the senator denied the accusations.
President Luis Lacalle Pou and the senator and leader of Open Council (CA), Guido Manini Ríoscontinue to deepen the distance that separates them and that, on occasions, has put at risk the continuity of the Multicolor Coalition: after the president questioned the lobbyist’s support for his ministers regarding the veto of the project for former workers of House of Galicia, the former head of the Army joined the controversy. “I’m surprised he said that,” he noted.
The bill for former Casa de Galicia workers generated disagreements within the government coalition, not only because of the explicit differences between the legislators who gave their approval in the first place and then supported the lifting of the president’s veto. Lacalle Pou he decreed—with the signatures of the entire cabinet of ministers—; but because the parliamentary comings and goings were also the scene of an increase in tension in the relationship between the head of state and the leader of Town meeting, that has not been going through its best moments for several months.
Lacalle Pou understands that the two lobbying ministers who make up the government, Karina Rando (Public Health) and Raul Lozano (Housing and Territorial Planning), did not have the political support of Manini Ríos, by supporting—along with the entire lobbying bloc—the lifting of the veto that the portfolio holders consider appropriate. And not only that, but the president conveyed these assessments to those involved, according to sources from the Presidency informed El País.
These comments escalated one more level in the tensions that have been going on for several months between the president and Manini Ríos, who heads the most problematic sector of the coalition for the government. In fact, the link between them today is non-existent, and the Secretary of the Presidency, Alvaro Delgado, He is the one who acts as interlocutor.
The president’s comment surprised Manini Ríos
The response from the CA leader was immediate after the comments of Lacalle Pou to Rando and Lozano, and assured that “there are always positions in the Parliament “that may not coincide with those discussed in the Executive.” “The ministers of Town meeting they have the political support of Cabildo Abierto”, he emphasized in dialogue with Radio Sarandí.
“I’m surprised that he said that,” said Manini Ríos about the president’s revelations since Executive Tower, since “from the first day the parliamentarians of Cabildo Abierto have acted as an independent power that is the legislative power, with total independence of judgment“.
About the relationship with Lacalle Pou, The lobbying senator was specific: “it is strictly formal, When we have to talk about a specific topic we talk about it, if we meet at an event we greet each other.” “It doesn’t go beyond that,” she said.
Regarding the future of the coalition that, just hours ago, seemed to have been assured from the CA sector and in the opinion of Manini Ríos, he was now a little more cautious in marking the terrain of internal political disputes: “Clearly in a new coalition We will have to talk beforehand about the rules of the game. There must be some area of prior coordination so that problems do not arise. sizzling”, he pointed out.
“We are going to have to shuffle and give again, think carefully about the functioning of that coalition. We have to act with a spirit of collaboration to fulfill. The differences They are natural, they will continue to occur,” he emphasized.
Source: Ambito
