The president of the Republic, Luis Lacalle Pou, will meet tomorrow with the Minister council in the Executive Tower for the second time this year, although with topics such as unsafety and the internal elections as the most relevant on the political agenda.
Although the government had already been questioned previously during the administration of Luis Alberto Heber in it Ministry of Interior, The issue resurfaced again after the quadruple crime in the Maracaná neighborhood where an 11-year-old boy was among the fatal victims.
Insecurity enters the campaign
Since the crime in Maracana and with just 27 days left until the internal elections, the political debate turned towards the security measures taken by the government.
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.
The second meeting of the year
This Tuesday, the president’s meeting with the Council of Ministers will be held for the second time, which is also going through the electoral campaign.
During the first meeting held in February, the panorama was different and was conditioned by the last Accountability that the president would give at the General Assembly on March 2.
At that time, the change of government that will take place at the end of this year meant the need to determine new names for the ministerial positions that must be replaced due to the politicians’ decision to face the elections as pre-candidates.
On the other hand, other issues surrounded the concerns of the Lacalle Pou government, such as the paralysis of the agreement between the Mercosur and the European Union and the deepening of bilateral relations with USA.
Source: Ambito
