The leader of Cabildo Abierto accused the previous government of “a mess” in the fight against crime and the presidential candidate responded.
The senator and leader of Town meeting (AC), Guido Manini Ríos, assured that the Wide Front produced “a chaos in security through wrong policies” during previous governments, which motivated the response of the presidential candidate Yamandu Orsi, who accused him of “not seeing reality.”
The problem of unsafety begins to get involved in the discussion of the campaign for the elections 2024 and Manini Rios He pointed out in this regard that the FA proposes “recipes to solve what they themselves generated”, which is why he considered in a press conference that “the people are going to keep those 15 years of government in mind” when voting.
Personally, the legislator recalled that CA sought to make contributions in the fight against crime, but regretted that “they were practically not considered” by the government. Among the criticisms, he referred to the prison system and the distance between police and the people, although he warned that “we now have the freedom to raise these issues publicly again.”
Orsi defended the management of the Frente Amplio and asked “not to point the finger”
Subsequently, Orsi He was consulted about Manini Ríos’ criticism and stated in dialogue with Telemundo that it is a problem that “this government could not solve and it got worse.” “There have been 8 children shot this year. Every 15 days a child comes in affected by a gunshot wound,” he stated.
The presidential candidate of Wide Front He admitted that the situation is dragging on. “I’m not saying that we have done everything well, but the problem we are having is not seeing reality,” she questioned and summarized: “I don’t fall into the vulgarity of saying why it’s because of so-and-so or so-and-so. It is because we have not implemented the policies on time and neither has this government.”
In turn, the former mayor of Canelones He assured that “I hope it is a mistake and as a member of the government I can correct it. We have to identify the problem. If this is to pass a ballot, it is useless.”
“They say I have less plunder, less thefts, but let’s stop the hand. People don’t move with percentages. Today we are in a much more situation violent and pointing the finger doesn’t get us anywhere. I hope we reflect a little better,” she concluded.
Source: Ambito
