The Frente Amplio candidate said that it would be “nonsense” to reject the vice presidency. He had already mentioned the “honor” it would be to share the formula with the capital’s mayor.
The former mayor of cannelloni and main candidate for the presidency of Uruguay for him Broad Front, Yamandú Orsi, He pointed out as “nonsense” the possibility of not accepting the vice presidency if Carolina Cosse be the one who wins the internal elections of the left coalition in June. “Who thinks of saying: ‘no, vice president is too small for me’?” he questioned.
A little less than four months before the parties decide in the internal who will be the representatives of each political space in the October general elections, and despite the fact that the Broad Front primaries have four precandidates, It is very possible that the election will be rather dichotomous, and that the candidate of the left coalition will be decided between the mayor of Montevideo in use of license and the former Canarian mayor.
Polls still give him an advantage Orsi over her competitors, the capital’s mayor Carolina Cosse, the mayor of Andrés Lima Falls and the senator Mario Bergara. But in the last survey of Figure, There was one fact that did not go unnoticed by the campaign teams: the growth in voting intention for the Wide Front was, almost everything, in Montevideo. Faced with this, the possibility of a “surprise” in the formation of the formula began to be considered in a veiled manner and, externally, the role of the vice presidency gained greater weight.
In that sense, Cosse was the first to mention the issue this year, with the launch of the electoral campaign. As she expressed it, she would be “delighted” to share the presidential ticket with Orsi, and pointed out that “Yamandú would be an excellent vice president,” in case she is the first in the internal elections; while, if she came second, she would “delightedly be the vice president,” as long as the Wide Front decide it.
Orsi’s opinion on the formula
Orsi also referred to the formation of the possible presidential formula and assured that it would be “nonsense” to reject the vice presidency if he came second in the internal race. “If tomorrow I have to occupy that place, I think it will answer itself,” he said in an interview with Channel 10.
“I want to be president. If the citizens decide that I am not the one who wins and I have to be vice president, who would think of saying: ‘no, vice is too small for me’. Nonsense. It would be the most incredible thing that could happen to you.” to someone like us who come from militancy on foot. It would be inconceivable to say: no, not vice president,” said the former mayor of Canelones.
Along these lines, and using the same expression as Cosse, he stated that he would “love” to go where the Wide Front “tell him”, “to the extent that I can contribute there”.
This, however, is not the first time that Orsi refers to a possible formula with the capital’s mayor, who is on unpaid leave until July 8: already in February 2023, she described it as a “great goal” to share a list with Cosse, regardless of where she belongs. would play on it.
“One has to be respectful, grateful to life and if life puts you with other responsibilities… welcome. But understanding that this is a political force with a collective project and where I can get close…”, he then considered.
Also in June of last year he had said that “being president or vice president of Uruguay It is an honor,” as is “being able to accompany someone like Carolina, whom I have known for a long time because we have worked together.”
Source: Ambito
