The unsafety remains one of the big problems in the Uruguay contemporary and, within the universe of crimes that have the streets as a setting, the homicides They far lead the ranking of concerns of both citizens and political authorities. In this regard, the Minister of the Interior Nicolas Martinelli He admitted that there is “a problem with homicides,” but that the ministry is working to reduce the number of cases.
While it is increasingly positioned as an intense campaign issue, Minister Martinelli referred particularly to the homicides. “We know and recognize that we have a problem with homicides, that is why we are working and busy trying to reduce the number,” he said, during the presentation of the biometric control of people who have house arrest or preventive detention.
Last week, the quadruple crime in the neighborhood caused a commotion Maracana, where one of the victims was 11 years old – and there are two other deceased minors; But in recent days new deaths due to crimes have also been recorded.
“There is a lot that is being done, naturally the processes do not happen from one day to the next. All the work in cases takes a lot of work, 15 or 20 years,” justified Martinelli, who also highlighted the change in the Homicide Departmentwhich “has managed to substantially improve the level of clarification of the homicides.”
“We went from an average of between 48% and 52% to 63% at the end of the year,” he said in this regard, noting that “that is a clear message against those who decide to commit crimes” and “against impunity.”
Likewise, the owner of the Ministry of Interior He assured that “we are on this path, which has led us to stop crimes, after 15 years of uninterrupted growth.” “For the first time in many years, this government has managed to change that trend. We already have four years of casualties in robberies, thefts and cattle rustling,” he added, rescuing the most recent figures from the Crime Observatory of the portfolio he directs.
Insecurity as a campaign issue
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. And, therefore, it has become a preferred campaign topic, both for debate and for proposals. In this regard, the recent quadruple crime in Maracaná mobilized the presidential candidates of 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 safety 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 Orsi, sent Gandini and Delgado on Sunday to “debate with the government” about security management. While, 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
