The president expressed Uruguay’s condemnation of the attempted assassination of the former US president.
President Luis Lacalle Pou He repudiated “all types of violence” and expressed his “solidarity” to the former president of United States, Donald Trump, after the attempted attack against him that occurred during a campaign event in Pennsylvania.
“I repudiate all types of violence,” Lacalle Pou said in a message on his X account amid a series of reactions from leaders around the world, while the president later added: “Solidarity with former President Donald Trump and the people of the United States.”
About the episode, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement saying: “The Uruguayan government strongly condemns the assassination attempt on the former President of the United States, Donald Trump during a campaign event in Pennsylvania”.
In the letter, Chancellery He pointed out that “every violent act, and especially one of this gravity, threatens the normal conduct of the democratic process” and concluded: “We await a rapid clarification of what happened and the conviction of those responsible.”
More reactions from the Uruguayan political arena
For his part, the candidate of the Colorado Party, Andres Ojeda, He sent his “absolute repudiation of the intolerable act of violence against Donald Trump.” Through his X account, the lawyer pointed out that “weapons and violence are never the way and must be condemned regardless of ideology,” after which he stated: “It is crucial to always maintain respect and peace.”
Also, since the National Party, the candidate Alvaro Delgado echoed what happened and wrote: “Our condemnation and repudiation of all forms of political violence.”
In turn, the senator Juan Sartori used his X account to express his “absolute repudiation of the attack that former President Donald Trump received in the middle of his campaign.” “An act of violence of this nature must be condemned with the full weight of the law. It is not only an attack on a candidate. It is against the democracy of the people.” USA”, the legislator said.
Source: Ambito
