The brutal quadruple crime of the neighborhood Maracanawhich occurred on Thursday night, led to the debate over unsafety and the fight against drug trafficking once again monopolize the electoral campaign with four weeks left until the internal elections.
The unsafety It has been, for years, the greatest concern of Uruguayans, regardless of the improvements in some indicators achieved by the government of Luis Lacalle Pou.
The murder of four members of a family, including an 11-year-old boy, mobilized presidential candidates from all political forces to return to the issue.
The harshest tone had, until now, the pre-candidate of the National Party (PN) and senator Jorge Gandiniwho once again proposed deploying troops from the Army in citizen security tasks.
“It’s nonsense, nonsense,” the presidential candidate reacted on Sunday. Frente Amplio, Carolina Cosse. “As we are so worried and the security situation is so serious, nonsense is beginning to appear on the table,” he added.
The main candidate of the National Party, Alvaro Delgadoinsisted on repressive means as a solution to insecurity, which keeps 53% of the population awake, according to the latest survey by Factum about citizen concerns. “There is no public security without repression“, he stated and clarified that he will not appeal to “romantic solutions.”
On his side, the candidate with the highest voting intention in the internal Broad Front, Yamandu Orsisent Gandini and Delgado on Sunday to “debate with the government” about security management.
Regarding granting patrolling tasks to the military, he said that “the issue has been around for years and some countries that have chosen that path have done very badly.” “I am convinced that it is not correct,” he added.
For his part, the candidate for Independent Party (PI) and former Minister of Labor, Pablo MieresI consider that Uruguay “has a very big, very big problem, linked to the drug trafficking“In the political system there are issues that we should all discuss and resolve as quickly as possible,” he said.
Source: Ambito
