The presidential candidate for the Frente Amplio dismissed the possibility of someone similar to Argentine President Javier Milei coming to power in the country.
The former mayor of cannelloni and presidential candidate for the Broad Front (FA), Yamandú Orsidoes not believe that in the Uruguay a “libertarian” phenomenon among young people is possible, as occurred in the Argentinacatapulting to power the president Javier Mileiwho calls himself a liberal-libertarian.
This weekend, the former Canarian leader assured at a press conference that the number of young Argentines who voted for Milei was “amazing”, but that in Uruguay “party structures continue to be representative” and are “viewed as a reference.”
“In Argentina, one of the things that happened is that the historic parties lost their footing,” said the candidate in reference to the Justicialist Party (PJ) and the Radical Civic Union (UCR). “This makes somewhat strange proposals appear, to the point that, belonging to a more typical right-wing philosophy, they call themselves libertarians,” he continued.
“This already shows the state of the situation. Here there is no room for proposals so far removed from the environment of our parties: logical and expected,” he concluded.
The Libertarian Party of Uruguay criticized Lacalle Pou
He Libertarian Party of Uruguay joined the criticism that the President of the Republic, Luis Lacalle Pouafter his recent participation in a dinner organized by the Libertad Foundation, in Buenos Aires. In his speech, the president maintained that a “strong State” is necessary to give “a foothold” to those most in need, since, otherwise, it is impossible to “enjoy freedom.”
Lacalle Pou’s words were widely echoed on both banks of the Río de la Plata, triggering a large number of voices that were for and against. The Uruguayan Libertarian Party, for its part, criticized the president’s words through its social networks: “Some talk about the State doing nothing, we talk about getting it out of the way.”
Source: Ambito
