The economist and presidential candidate of the National Party (PN) Laura Raffo responded to the former president’s statements Jose Mujica about their preferences within the white intern.
“Those from outside are stupid,” Raffo wrote on his personal X account (Twitter) and added that “we define the preferences in the National Party among the whites.” “I want to be president of the Republic so that this coalition governs the Uruguay 5 more years seeking more prosperity for everyone,” he noted.
Jose Mujica He had assured on Sunday that if he were white he would not vote for the former Secretary of the Presidency Alvaro Delgado “because the girl is more attractive.” “Since I don’t know her, maybe I’m fooling her, I know the others,” he responded when asked if she was referring to Raffo.
“Neither a girl nor an old woman. Uruguay 2024 demands more respect towards women candidates,” added the pre-candidate of the National Party in his publication.
Laura Raffo is second in the white race according to voting intention polls ahead of the June 30 primaries. Delgado leads while the senator Jorge Gandini figure third.
In the same statements, former President Mujica said that Delgado “does not give him confidence to play tricks and that,” but “to eat a barbecue.”
A week ago, the leader of the Broad Front (FA) He was involved in another electoral controversy. That time inside the front, by ensuring that the pre-candidate Carolina Cosse “They don’t bank it inside.”
The mayor of Montevideo on leave did not want to argue with Mujica, but considered that dividing the country between Montevideo and the interior “is a very old vision.”
His statements earned the former president several criticisms within the FA and even from the multicolor coalition.
Source: Ambito
