The presidential candidate Uruguay for him Broad Front, Yamandú Orsirejected the proposal of the Uruguayan Chamber of Tourism to debate with the coalition candidates despite the special conditions offered by the union. For the Frente Amplio campaign, “it is not a question of minutes.”
Orsi remains firm in its decision not to participate in events in which there is more than one candidate from the parties that make up the government coalitionshielding himself in the argument that he would be at a disadvantage against a majority of presidential candidates from the government. For this reason, his campaign team rejected the proposal of the Uruguayan Chamber of Tourism that he have 60 minutes to express his opinions and ideas for the tourism sector; while Álvaro Delgado, Andrés Ojeda, Guido Manini Ríos and Pablo Mieres had 15 minutes each.
While the objective was for all presidential candidates to be on equal terms – based on the understanding that the National Party, he Colorado Party, he Independent Party and Town meeting will run together in a possible runoff election and that they are all part of the current government; therefore they are understood as the same political unit; for the Frente Amplio campaign team “it is not a question of minutes,” according to El País.
From the command of Orsi They noted that the definition remains a matter of “strategy” They also pointed out that the offer to speak for an hour, in addition to being “not serious”, has a political intention behind it, in order to embroil the candidate. “It is a joke and we are not going to allow them to dictate the pitch to us”, they stated.
In this regard, the candidates of the governing coalition had agreed that, for them, 15 minutes were more than enough to explain their proposals for the tourism sector; while 60 minutes could even be counterproductive for the Frente Amplio candidate. For Ojeda, meanwhile, accepting this “logic of hell” was not the best alternative to confront the Frente Amplio “lockout.”
A government of “honesty” and not of “scandals”
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.
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.
“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.
“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.
Source: Ambito
