The mayor of Montevideo and candidate for the Frente Amplio demanded that the ruling party “do politics seriously”
The mayor of Montevideo and pre-candidate for Frente Amplio, Carolina Cosse, He asked the government “not to act coy,” when referring to the position of the Executive led by the president Luis Lacalle Pou after the disqualification of the main opposition leader in Venezuela.
When asked at a press conference about the ruling party’s criticism of the Venezuelan reality, cosse He asked “that they address the problems of Uruguay before going around distracting people” and accused: “If they have something to do with respect to other countries, they are the government, let them go to the UN and make proposals.”
“When a country is convinced of defending the freedom of expression, “He defends it in the corresponding organizations, not playing tricks,” said the FA pre-candidate. Along these lines, she asked the government “to do politics seriously” and asked to be “careful with statements for the tribune,” and then recalled that, despite the criticism of Lacalle Pou against Ripe “Years passed and now there is an ambassador.”
Given the specific question about whether Venezuela is a dictatorship, Cosse preferred to avoid the definition. “I have a political position, a responsibility and I intend to have a greater responsibility. So, instead of giving my opinion on whether it is a dictatorship or not, I have to defend the Uruguay”, he posed.
In any case, the department head of Montevideo He clarified: “I am against and I do not want the disqualification of politicians in Uruguay. “I disagree and I have fought for it.”
The role of Mercosur and diplomacy
Finally, he claimed the role of Mercosur at a time when Uruguayan membership could be affected after the complications in closing the agreement with the European Union. “The industry of this country would not exist without Mercosur. I was Minister of Industry and I know it very well,” Cosse highlighted.
In that sense, he asked: “Regardless of who governs in Brazil, in Argentina or in Paraguay, “I, as a political leader, do I have to go out and criticize who is the current president of each country?” Quickly, he defined: “Absolutely not. I am Uruguayan and I have to defend the best interests of the Uruguay”.
Source: Ambito
