The campaign for elections 2024 advances and in the last hours there was a new counterpoint between members of the government and the Broad Front, with the axis placed on the two main concerns of the Uruguayans: the economy and the security.
On the one hand, the FA presidential candidate, Carolina Cosse, questioned that “the virtuous circle of growth and distribution broke down”, while he questioned that one should not “talk only about the figures of the fiscal deficit”.
“This government did not continue with the economic policy of the FA because the virtuous circle of growth and distribution was broken. They only talk about fiscal deficit figures, which I think are very long-winded, but the story ends there, when it should start there,” she warned. mayor of Montevideo in use of license in dialogue with In the crosshairs.
In that sense, he considered that the government should define “what is the policy to apply, standing in the fiscal balance”, as well as establishing “what the incentives are going to be, what sectors are going to be promoted and how a society that is being corroded by social and criminal problems is going to be sustained.”
Argimón defended “stability” and referred to the exchange rate delay
However, the vice president Beatriz Argimon At a press conference, he assessed that “the country’s economic policy has been a policy of balance” and recalled that he faced “different instances,” alluding to the pandemic, the war and the drought.
In this regard, Argimón countered that “until now we have had this stability”, although he admitted that “there are also some aspects that we understand may have future adjustments,” when referring to the exchange delay and the competitiveness.
Meanwhile, he valued the efforts made “to achieve an economy where the inflation come down and you can have that security that characterizes us”, so, in the future, he anticipated: “Having come this far, do not rule out new instances.”
The vice president’s clarification on security
On the other hand, the vice president questioned the statements of the FA pre-candidate, Yamandu Orsi, on security, who pointed out that during this administration crimes worsened and the number of children shot.
Through your X account (exTwitter), Argimon He assured that “it is always good to resort to official data, especially if we are in election season” and, along with an image with statistics, he concluded: “To clarify, here are data from the Ministry of Interior of homicides by age group”.
In the portfolio data, it is observed that 2023 was the year with the lowest number of children shot, while contrasting that in 2016, under the government of Broad Front, There were 15 homicides in that age group, being the worst in the series.
Source: Ambito
