The vice presidential candidate of Uruguay by the Broad Front, Carolina Cosseexpressed his opposition to the plebiscite which will seek to enable night raids in the general elections in October, and the rejection was added to his announcement that he will not vote on the popular consultation on social security: “This does not work in the world,” he said about the initiative promoted by the National Party.
Without participating in large events or debate events, and touring around Artigas along with his running mate, the presidential candidate Yamandú Orsi, Cosse He eliminated doubts and possible speculation about his position in the two plebiscites that will be voted on in October, together with the country’s next government.
About the night raids, a proposal that was promoted from the Parliament by the nationalist senator Carlos Camy and which was supported by the ruling coalition, said that it will not support the initiative.
“What has been proven around the world is that this does not work and, what’s more, countries that have it suggest not doing it,” he said in this regard.
While acknowledging that Uruguay “has been experiencing a serious problem for some time now” security”, He considered that allowing night raids is not the appropriate measure to address the critical situation: according to him, “it has been proven” that nighttime procedures lead to “mistakes” in at least “10% of cases.”
“Because at night, with that tension… Imagine if the police went to the wrong house. Are the police prepared for this? Don’t we have to protect the police too?” he asked. Cosse.
“And here what we have to think about is the entire population that is the victim of an enormous amount of security problems that we experience every day, unfortunately, all over the world. Uruguay”, hill.
The “no” to the social security plebiscite
Also on Friday, Cosse clarified his position on the other referendum in October, and announced that he will not vote in the plebiscite PIT-CNT against the social security reform stating that he “failed to achieve the collective consensus” that he considers necessary for an initiative of this nature.
Although as a pre-candidate she signed the ballot, the former mayor of Montevideo He ruled out any differences and clarified that he adheres “fully and without reservation to the declaration of the Broad Front on social security, which clearly expresses our objectives and the path to follow to achieve them.”
Through a message posted on his X account, Cosse He noted that “the current proposal has not managed, so far, to attract the collective consensus “which are, in my opinion, the framework to which we should aspire on issues of such relevance.” “For this reason, and under these conditions, I declare that I will not vote for the proposed ballot,” he argued.
The Frente Amplio vice-presidential candidate added: “I especially emphasize that I fully and unreservedly adhere to the declaration of the Broad Front on social security, which clearly expresses our objectives and the path to follow to achieve them.”
Source: Ambito
