The ex-president Julio Maria Sanguinetti He highlighted the chances of Colorado Party in the 2024 elections Considering that “it is not a utopia” that the formula of Andres Ojeda and Robert Silva reach an eventual second round.
Sanguinetti said that “in the presidential race between the parties, the internal elections also begin Republican Coalition”, and then praised Ojeda for taking on “a huge but hopeful challenge.”
Regarding the Colorados’ chances in the October general elections, the former president reviewed the 2019 vote in his usual column in Correo de los Viernes and recalled that Ernesto Talvi “came very close to the National Party in the middle of the campaign and then regressed due to circumstances that overshadowed what was initially born with great brilliance and expectation.”
Sanguinetti promotes polarization between the Colorado Party and the Broad Front
The PC leader tried to deepen the polarization with the Broad Front, He said: “That the Colorado formula has been accepted by public opinion with sympathy is an undeniable fact. It is enough to see the recurrence of the supporters of the Frente Amplio in questioning it personally, although without finding the appropriate flank.”
Sanguinetti considered that the criticism is focused on Ojeda and recalled that “the loquacious president of the Frente Amplio even goes so far as to say that he is not Superman, revealing his bad mood about the situation,” referring to statements by Fernando Pereira.
He even gave a dig at the former president. Jose Mujica, who spoke of “a nursery of radishes.” Tacitly, the Colorado leader sentenced: “In a surreal way, our critics even install themselves as defenders of the batllista ideology and question their party identity, as if they had the authority to do so.”
Finally, Sanguinetti considered that “the Frente Amplio’s resentment is politically explainable,” considering that “its leadership knows well that in the current electoral demographics The Colorado presence is decisive.” “Today, with 12% of the internal vote, we are already putting the Coalition on track. And we are thinking, realistically, that our chances will increase,” he concluded.
Source: Ambito
