President Luis Lacalle Pou He referred again to the situation of security in Uruguay along similar lines to his previous expressions: although he pointed out that the figures of his administration “are noticeably better” in the matter compared to those inherited from the government of the Broad Front, He assured that “when there is an eight-year-old child who dies from a gunshot, when a police officer is killed in the back, there is no way for a ruler to feel satisfied.”
“We are not satisfied,” the president had noted. Lacalle Pou after he Ministry of Interior release the balance of crimes and complaints for 2023, surveyed by the Crime Observatory of the portfolio now managed by Nicholas Martinelli. Despite understanding that the situation is better than last year, the president considered that “we are talking about people, so when you pass the figures to people, when this type of thing happens it is really unfortunate.”
Today, the president once again referred to the issue along the same lines, at a press conference in Artigas, where he was at the carnival. “The figures, if these were figures, are significantly better than those we inherited from the previous government. If you see how much robberies and thefts have decreased. Homicides themselves have decreased, minimally, but they have decreased,” he considered, but still Thus he clarified that the government is not satisfied.
“We cannot get used to life being carried forward by violent means. When there is an eight-year-old child who dies from a gunshot, when a police officer is killed in the back, there is no way for a ruler to feel satisfied,” he said. Lacalle Pou, and added that “we have improved, but the unsafety it’s a daily combat, with the additions in this case of the crime of drug trafficking which we know leads to very violent activities.
Regarding the death of the police officer, he was asked what message he wanted to give to his wife. “The same message that the Minister of the Interior left her, who went to give her a hug, to greet her. The police are among the public servants who expose themselves the most to take care of Uruguayans. In this case, they expose their lives. And anything that is say from anywhere has no consolation. Simply what the police officer’s wife asked was for it to be done justice. There are already people prosecuted in this regard and we are trying to close this case like everyone else as soon as possible,” he added, in relation to the procedural status of the case.
On the other hand, they asked him if he considers that a change in penalties for serious crimes should be analyzed. “We must be firmer with some crimes,” he agreed. Lacalle Pou, but he clarified that he does not believe that “he who is willing to take a life, who is willing to kill, pays attention to the Penal Code or in the Code of Childhood and Adolescence“.
The response to the Venezuelan vice president
“When there are no arguments, we resort to grievances,” considered the president. Lacalle Pou, consulted for his opinion regarding the statements of the vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, given the president’s consideration that there is a dictatorship in that South American country.
The second in the Venezuelan government maintained through its social networks that the Uruguayan head of state “has the face of a lackey” and that “he bends and wags his tail when his masters from the north give him orders.”
“Since (Rodríguez) is so interested in what we said, it would be necessary to justify a regime like the one they have carried out for a long time, political prisoners, elections that are not transparent. More than the insult and grievance, we should reflect on whether we want to have a full democracy or not,” he considered. Lacalle Pou, and he stressed that he is not saying “nothing new,” because his position has been maintained since he has been a senator. “They shouldn’t be surprised if they are the ones running this same type of regime,” he added.
On the other hand, when consulted about the pre-candidate’s proposal by the National Party and former Secretary of the Presidency, Alvaro Delgado, about inviting other pre-candidates from all parties to sign a note against the disqualification of the Venezuelan opposition candidate Maria Corina Machado; Although the president pointed out that he cannot get involved in the campaign, he said that what Álvaro said seemed “a matter of common sense.”
Source: Ambito
