He mayor of Canelones, Marcelo Metediera, questioned the policies of security of the government and called for a partisan agreement on the issue when sharing with the president Luis Lacalle Pou the commemoration ceremony for the 260th anniversary of the birth of the General José G. Artigas.
Between boos from some present and also some applause, the leader of the Wide Front echoed a hot topic of the campaign and maintained that “as never before, the levels of violence They have crossed limits that will be increasingly difficult to counteract.”
“Someone may think that by using this they can win a vote or a choice or a government can be defended. On the contrary, we run the risk of losing our country and our freedom,” he said. would put before the gaze of Lacalle Pou.
In that sense, he urged “that the issue of security in a serious and responsible manner”, by demanding an agreement that includes the FA Yet the Republican Coalition and point to Artigas as “who knew how to put collective interests ahead of his own.”
Mention of drug trafficking and boos
Besides, would put focused on the advancement of drug trafficking and stated that “what seemed very distant, unthinkable in Uruguay Today it is a reality and in extreme cases it has children and adolescents as victims.
The speech generated whistles and boos from those present, after which the mayor of Canelones He maintained that “that happens when we don’t listen to each other, when we don’t hear the whole message.”
Finally, he requested that the combat of unsafety and drug trafficking not be taken “as an electoral bulletin or as an electoral campaign” and requested that an interparty commission be convened again to seek security solutions.
The event took place in the city of Willow and was also attended by the secretary and deputy secretary of the Presidency, Rodrigo Ferrés and Mariana Cabrera; and the ministers of National Defense, Armando Castaingdebat, and Environment, Robert Bouvier. The latter was the speaker at the ceremony and highlighted that the government “is inspired by those values that forged our national identity and works tirelessly to improve the lives of the people.” Uruguayans.”
Source: Ambito
