The National Party candidate defended the inclusion of the president on the lists because he is “an important asset” to the political space.
The presidential candidate of the National Party, Alvaro Delgado, defended the president’s candidacy Luis Lacalle Pou to top the charts Senate facing the general elections October, noting that the space “will put its best men and women on the field.”
In justifying the appointment of the president, Slim He compared: “(Joseph) Mujica Wasn’t he a senator? (Julio María) Sanguinetti the same. It is within the Constitution and it seems to us that there are no tricks here.”
“He National Party “He will put his best men and women on the field so that this course continues and does not go backwards. With his imprint, his leadership and his level of popular acceptance, the president is an important asset for the country and the party,” said the white candidate in a press conference after a meeting in Executive Tower with the president.
Lacalle Pou’s support for the National Party’s formula
Delgado also spoke about the president’s vision regarding the formula with Valeria Ripoll as a vice presidential candidate. “He told me something that I really value as a person and as a friend. He told me ‘whatever decision you make, count on me,’” she said.
On the relationship between the two, the former Secretary of the Presidency He stressed that “more than a president, he is a friend, because we have worked together for almost four and a half years back to back.” He also confirmed that the campaign “will be without insults or disqualifications.”
Delgado ruled out external interference in the campaign
Meanwhile, when asked if the meeting between the candidate for Broad Front, Yamandú Orsi, and the President of Spain, Pedro Sanchez, It could be an external interference in the campaign, he clarified: “No, it is part of the rules of the game. Everyone can meet with whoever they think will contribute ideologically or electorally.”
“Obviously in the FA there is harmony with the Socialist Party, In fact, they met at the headquarters. I am not going to make negative or positive comments, everyone does what they think is right,” he said about his look at the meeting between the former mayor of Canelones and the Spanish president.
Source: Ambito
