The chancellor Omar Paganini called for inquiries Uruguayan ambassador in Venezuela, Eber Da Rosa, by questioning the realization of “elections free, democratic and competitive” in that country, after the disqualification of the historic leader of anti-Chavismo, María Corina Machado.
Paganini focused on “the worrying events” that occurred against Machado, disabled by the Justice, about which he said, through his X account, that “they would make the holding of free, democratic and competitive elections in that country unfeasible.” According to Foreign Ministry sources, Ambit, the government hopes that Da Rosa trip from Caracas to Montevideo “as soon as possible”, taking into account the significant discomfort of the Executive.
In this way, the diplomatic relationship between Uruguay and the country that leads Nicolás Maduro. The call for consultations could be the previous step to removing the diplomat from that country or eventually declaring the Venezuelan ambassador “persona non grata.” Yldefonso Finol Ocando. Ultimately, it can even lead to the breakdown of relationships between Uruguay and Venezuela.
It is also a strong political gesture on the part of the president’s government. Luis Lacalle Pou, who on several occasions was critical of the situation in Venezuela and even given the recent judicial measure against Machado, The president summarized: “We do not say gre-gre to say Gregorio. Clearly we are not facing free and democratic elections.”
The repudiation of the situation in Venezuela became widespread in the government
It is not the first gesture against the disqualification of the historic anti-Chavista leader, but they have already expressed themselves about it Lacalle Pou, he Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the legislators of the Multicolor Coalition in the Parliament, who recently signed a motion to condemn what happened in Venezuela.
In fact, the text approved by legislators has signatures from all the ruling political parties, including Gloria Rodríguez, Jorge Gandini, Alfonso Lereté and Juan Martín Rodríguez, for the National Party, as well as Iván Posada (Independent Party), Guillermo Domenech (Town meeting) and Omar Estevez (Colorado Party).
The letter was not signed by him Wide Front in the Permanent Commission and even the decision was criticized by the mayor of Canelones and FA pre-candidate, Yamandu Orsi, who considered that the ruling party “threw the ball outside.”
When delving into that concept, he seemed “tired” of not talking about the situation of Uruguay and stated: “I would like to focus on the issues of Campaign around the problems of our people, which are why people are going to vote for us or stop voting.
Previously, her competitor in the internal elections, the mayor of Montevideo, Carolina Cosse, He asked the government “not to play dumb” with what happened in Venezuelan lands, although without commenting on what happened with Machado.
Source: Ambito
