The leader and sole pre-candidate of the Cabido Abierto indicated that the candidates’ programs could be discussed on the issues “that really matter to the people.”
The leader and sole pre-candidate of the Open Head, Guido Manini Rioscelebrated the civic day and the “festival of democracy”, although he acknowledged that the level of citizen participation in the internal elections in Uruguay, Since they are not mandatory, they are always lower than the political system would like.
“The good thing is that starting tonight, tomorrow, there will be those who are going to run the race towards October, and now we will be able to compare candidate programs on issues that really affect people: education, health, housing, and issues that very few have put on the table and that we have always put on the table, such as debt, drug policies, defense of the family, gender ideology, national work, support for the national middle class, the great punished of recent times,” he listed after casting his vote in the cold but sunny midday.
Regarding the stake, Manini Ríos said that “it’s going very well.” “There has been a great movement of delegates throughout the country. The atmosphere is very calm, the vote is low for now but we think that in the early hours of the afternoon it will intensify,” he said.
The importance of the Open Town Hall in the elections
Asked about the weight of Town meeting In the electoral results, Manini Ríos stated that his party “is going to be very important, it is going to vote more than what it voted in ’19, that is the expectation.”
Likewise, he pointed out that “it will be determinant in the result of the elections”, just as it was in 2019. “Once again, the Cabildo is going to be a fundamental contribution in that sense, we are working seriously and we are convinced that we are going to be protagonists,” he concluded.
Source: Ambito
