The senator and pre-candidate Frente Amplio, Mario Bergara, He will drop his nomination to support that of the former mayor of Canelones, Yamandu Orsi, within the framework of the unpredictable internal opposition in the face of the elections 2024.
The legislator and former Minister of Economy plans to make the situation official during a press conference this Wednesday, although it is a key movement in the face of the internal June, in the midst of the marked polarization between Orsi and Carolina Cosse.
The former mayor of cannelloni He appears as a favorite in the polls, although his difference over Cosse varies according to the poll. In this context, Bergara’s movement has its correlation with what happened a little over a month ago, when the sectors Magnolia and Platform moved their support from the senator to the referent of the MPP.
“We are very expectant,” Orsi admitted before the announcement, as reported by Subrayado, while adding: “The campaign has intensified, there have been movements in the different parties, with support, with definitions.”
“We have an agreement to plan together now or in June, but the path is the same from different places,” he warned about his closeness with the legislator and clarified: “I believe that Mario does not get off the militancy nor of the contributions to the Front”.
A competitive internal
Orsi admitted that the Wide Front She is a “competitive” intern and considered that this makes her “more attractive.” “The FA is used to somewhat flat inmates, this one is going to be very busy and it is the best that can happen to us,” conceded the former mayor.
For his part, far from arguing, Cosse echoed the decision not yet made official by Bergara. “We understand the internal as a contribution to the growth of the FA,” he said.
And he explained: “At the time, when Mario accepted his proclamation of pre-candidacy, he understood that it was a way to contribute to that growth. Now he and his sector have defined that the best way to contribute is another and I respect that.”
The mayor of Montevideo in use of license defined that “the most important thing is that we continue to add support and that we continue to make the Frente Amplio grow, not only to govern but to govern well, which Uruguay grow and no one is left behind.
For his part, the president of the FA, Fernando Pereira, He clarified that the decision “will be evaluated Mario Bergara and it is inherent to him and his team,” while expressing: “We are going to work regardless of how many candidates there are.”
“He Wide Front is called upon to build a great internal election. This implies a large number of objectives that were set so that the number of voters exceeds that of 2019,” Pereira stated.
Source: Ambito
