The presidential candidate for the Frente Amplio was concerned about a possible impact of drug trafficking in politics.
The presidential candidate for the Broad Front (FA), Carolina Cosseassured that the narco “campaign” in the Uruguay and he raised the possibility that this could filter into the national political system through party financing.
Last Saturday, within the framework of a party event in the department of Long Hillthe mayor of Montevideo criticized the controversial spot presidential candidate for the National Party (PN), Álvaro Delgadowho was denounced by the FA for allegedly carrying out an advertising campaign outside the times established by the Electoral Court.
“The underlying issue is the financing of political parties, we are seeing the narco really camp in the Uruguayand we see experiences of countries where this happens, where narcos they get into the political systems,” said the leader in reference to the financing of political parties.
“If I see the fox hanging around the chicken coop, I don’t take out the wire fence,” he said ironically, before adding: “Let’s not get distracted by issues of a pearl that, in reality, are a pearl on a rather complicated necklace.”
“The best Frente Amplio is the one of the present, because it is the one we have”
On the other hand, facing the Elections 2024, cosse He maintained that “the best FA is the one of the present”, because it is the one that the Frente Amplistas “have”, and affirmed that there is unity in their political force.
“We are not afraid to have nuances or to think differently on some issues, because we know that what unites us is much stronger than a circumstance and that we will always overcome it,” he expressed.
“We lived through things much harder than a circumstance, we lived through more than 10 years of a fascist dictatorship and the Front survived, and when I say that the FA survived, I say the Frente Amplistas,” remarked the presidential candidate.
Source: Ambito
