The news that the former president of the Republic Jose Mujica was diagnosed with esophagus cancer this Monday generated commotion and messages of support from the Broad Front (FA) as well as the opposition.
The party of the former president, the Broad Front, He published a photo on his Instagram where they encourage Mujica to fight: “Up, mate!” says the brief but accurate statement. “Our strength is with you,” he adds.
The mayor of Montevideo and political partner, Carolina Cosse, also regretted the news through his social networks. “Strength dear Pepe, we are with you,” he published in X.
Mario BergaraFor his part, he also gave his support to the former president. “All my solidarity and all the strength for comrade Pepe in this new fight that puts his life ahead of him. Up, Pepe!” He tweeted.
Orsi’s words
At a press conference, the presidential candidate, Yamandu Orsi, and one of Mujica’s favorites for the presidency, gave his opinion on the news. “This information that he himself gave us is going to cost us, beyond the fact that we had some idea, but that today he could detail it and before all of us, we will have to go from dismay to assimilating the news,” he assured.
“When Pepe talks about his health, he commits us all more than ever, because he himself tells us that until the end of his days he will continue with the same commitment as always,” he said regarding the former president’s speech where he assured that I would continue fighting as long as I can.
In that sense, he stressed that the campaign will be reinforced with this news. “I think that everyone Wide Frontbut also to the entire political life of the country, it gives a kind of tone, of impulse, because he continues to say that it is worth fighting for the things that one thinks,” he said.
“I think it is an invitation to all of us who are here to redouble our efforts, fundamentally because of what he has always marked for us and what others have also done, which is to fight to have a better country,” he added.
On the other hand, the candidate highlighted Mujica’s insistence on honoring life. “He does not miss the opportunity to talk to us about the most important thing, which is to talk to us about life and its value at this moment. He reiterates it, he always did it and now it gains another strength, just as the news gains strength, because he does not It is only our news, national, but it will also have a global impact because of what he has always transmitted, which is this same thing,” he explained.
More reactions
A representative of the opposition was also shocked by the news: the senator for the National Party, Sebastián Da Silva. “May he continue doing what he likes most, may he enjoy that brute John Deere that I envy him so much, may he cut the alfalfa that he told me he planted last year and may he continue fighting for his ideas. May he not fall, may he continue to be a tough adversary and a colleague in the love of nature,” he posted on his X account.
For his part, the senator for Frente Amplio, Charles Carrera, He also expressed solidarity with the former president and highlighted the message his speech left. “Today Pepe left us with a lump in our throat but also a message of hope for young people. That life is precious and it does not end if there is someone who takes the baton and raises your flags… Strength, dear old man!” he tweeted.
Meanwhile, one of the political articulators during his government, Alejandro Sanchez, also sent strength to the former president. “Strength old man!! Let’s go up Pepe!!”, he published on his social networks.
Source: Ambito
