The unsafety It is one of the main criticisms against the president’s management Luis Lacalle Pou And, seeking to calm these questions, the government began the task of conducting the biannual crime survey, which aims to provide more accurate statistical information.
He INE reported that the victimization chapter began, with the implementation of the Continuous Household Survey, which seeks to produce reliable indicators on crimes, the main concern of the Uruguayans.
The INE pointed out that the goal is to produce comparable indicators at national and international level, on a semi-annual basis, which allow monitoring the prevalence and incidence of the main situations of victimization.
With this intention, he will investigate completed crimes, both at the household and individual level, taking as a reference period the month prior to the time of the interview.
The feeling of security, theft inside vehicles, the robbery in the living place, the existence of violence On the part of the authors, contact with the police or the formal filing of a complaint are some of the axes of the survey.
The first publication of the report, which will allow estimating the prevalence of crimes with the highest incidence, such as thefts and robberies, It is expected in February of next year, when the data for the second half of this year will be known.
The discussion about insecurity
Beyond the drop in homicides reported by the Ministry of Interior In its last official release of data, criticism of public security policies was common currency during the pre-election campaign. internal elections.
From the Broad Front Questions about the murders, mainly of minors, were recurrent. However, the now FA candidate, Yamandú Orsi, He insisted on “not turning the discussion into a political one” for a more complete analysis.
The situation prompted criticism from coalition partners and, in that sense, the candidate of the Colorado Party, Andres Ojeda, is the one who dominates this agenda in the run-up to the general elections in October.
The lawyer tries to appear as the most influential leader to combat the problem and this week he was concerned that the discussion about the PIT-CNT plebiscite “eat up the agenda and leave the most important plebiscite, which is supported by the entire coalition, in the background,” referring to the night raids.
Source: Ambito
