President Luis Lacalle Pou He got fully involved in the campaign for the 2024 elections by strongly targeting the candidate of Broad Front, Yamandú Orsi, although without naming him, due to his absence from the events in which the four ruling party candidates participated.
“I wasn’t one of the best students, but when I didn’t go to an exam and I acted like a jerk, it was because I had ruined almost all the balls,” he said. Lacalle Pou in a tacit questioning for Orsi, who is being pointed out by the coalition for having decided not to attend events, accusing the FA of “hiding” him.
The president made these statements when he made a “one on the stirrup” speech during his speech outside of protocol at the event organized by the Union of Exporters of Uruguay (UEU), within the framework of the sector’s day.
Although he was not scheduled to make any statements, the president took advantage of an invitation from the president of the UEU, Facundo Marquez, to get on stage. There, he elliptically dispatched himself against the former mayor of Canelones alluding to the fact that his absences are to avoid debates with the ruling party.
Lacalle Pou tightens the rope for the PIT-CNT plebiscite
On the other hand, the president also pointed to the opposition for the diversity of positions around the plebiscite promoted by the PIT-CNT against social security reform, considering it a fundamental issue. “The question is: What are they going to do? I want to know what they are going to do,” he asked. Lacalle Pou.
Thinking in terms of the elections, he added: “Obviously I care about the results of October 27, but what are they going to do with this reform? Because there were no proposals and they had time.”
The president considered that the reform “has been urgent for 15 or 20 years” and admitted that “everyone said that it had to be reformed, but when the time came everyone, even the leaders of my party, stopped because ‘political cost’ And my answer was ‘the political cost will be that I don’t have the courage to do things.'”
The flexibilization of Mercosur and trade opening
Lacalle Pou also spoke about international relations and insisted on his idea of making the Mercosur. “When we link that Brazil wanted to, Argentina No. When we link that Argentina changes, Brazil does not. Paraguay “I didn’t want too much, nor did I want too little. So for four and a half years I have been carrying the pitcher to the well, and I hope that one day it breaks,” he said frankly about the negotiations of the regional bloc.
However, he warned that “Mercosur decides by consensus” and said: “Our goal is to continue trying to make the world understand that Mercosur cannot be the fifth largest zone.” protectionist of the world”
Source: Ambito
