He Broad Front made his National Convention this Saturday, with the aim of announcing the presidential formula that will compete in the October elections, as well as confirming the program of the eventual government of the left-wing coalition. Yamandú Orsi He closed the event with a speech focusing on the government’s recent controversies: “The next government will have to be in the news for its honesty and not for its scandals,” he said.
In the midst of an optimistic climate due to the good internal choice made by the Broad Front, and with the first polls placing them as favourites for October, the left-wing coalition’s delegates voted, nominally – that is, one by one and personally – for the ticket that will represent the opposition in the general elections. Although there were no surprises, as the binomial was confirmed on the same night of June 30, Yamandú Orsi and Carolina Cosse were confirmed as the candidates for president and vice president, respectively.
“Today we close one stage and begin another,” he said. Orsi at the closing of the event held in the The Galpón Theatreonce the formula has been officially confirmed, as indicated by the Electoral Court. “Today something is being born that is much more than a pact, it is the natural synthesis of our essence. The formula represents us in the heart,” he added.
The central point of the Frente Amplio candidate’s speech, in addition to the importance of the internal process of confirmation of the formula, was the “honesty”, “a value that must be the guide of our actions,” in opposition to the current situation marked by different controversies and scandals that have the government of Luis Lacalle Pou and the coalition made up of the National Partyhe Colorado Party, he Independent Party and Town meeting.
“Today we are considering that honesty should govern in all the places where we move,” he said. Orsi in front of the conventional, leaders and militants of the Broad Front. “The road will be tough. We will continue to disagree and debate among ourselves. You will not find in me the architect of complacency to keep everyone happy,” he continued.
He also insisted that “we are not going to be the party that is going to look for justifications or look for things outside, we are going to take charge and commit ourselves,” because “when things are proposed that are not fulfilled, support is withdrawn, but there is something worse: despair.”
“The next government will have to be in the news for its honesty and not for its scandals,” Orsi said forcefully, to the applause of the audience in response. “It is true that what is wrong is wrong. But allowing it, and for so long, is much worse,” he said, referring to the government’s comments regarding the scandals it has been involved in.
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He concluded: “We want to win, we desire to win, we need to win. But winning is also a conscious decision, it is winning to change the fate of our people.”
“The formula for victory”
Carolina Cosse He also had his moment in front of the audience, and in his speech, where he especially highlighted the electoral participation and the importance of the Frente Amplio militancy to achieve the milestone of victory in October – which has been building for some time, he said – he also aimed at the unity of the Broad Front.
“The formula for victory is not based on one or two people, it is based on thousands of organized Frente Amplio supporters. In order for history to turn forward again,” he said, adding that the fulfillment of the “great challenges” that the coalition has ahead of it “will only be possible with a Broad Front United”.
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“We will win. Yamandú He will be our next president and we will do it together, and with great joy, let us continue to defend joy always,” she concluded, emotionally.
For his part, the president of the left-wing coalition, Fernando Pereira, He highlighted the “Frente Amplio party of great unity, with the conviction that we have fulfilled the first stage of our objectives.”
“Today there is a festive atmosphere within the convention, but there is also a huge commitment from Yamandú and Carolina, with the Broad Front As a backup, they will lead us to victory, which is not winning for the sake of winning, but winning to transform. As he puts it Yamandú Orsi: the revolution of simple things,” he said.
The party leader also referred to what he described as “corruption” within the government, noting that there is a “number of opaque facts that have discredited it”; while, on the other hand, “there are a number of accurate, unitary actions of the Broad Front who place it as an alternative.”
Source: Ambito
