The Cabildo Abierto candidate announced that he will formally present the proposal to declare an emergency in this matter.
The presidential candidate, leader and senator of Open Town Hall, Guido Manini Rioscontinues campaigning for elections in October with proposals focused on the security, one of the main axes of debate in the race to the national elections. In this regard, he proposed eliminating police commission passes and building a prison for the most dangerous criminals.
Mega-prisons in the style Bukele in El Salvador They have come to stay in the range of proposals of candidates and leaders when insecurity respect, throughout the region. Of course, Uruguay is no stranger to this, and Manini Ríos was the one who took the idea as his own at the local level. For this reason, he announced that in his proposal for the public safety The plan, which he said will be presented in full in the coming days, includes the construction of a prison specifically designed to house the most dangerous criminals.
The particular announcement was made during a tour of Melo along with his running mate, Lorena Quintana, in which he assured that they will formally present the proposal to declare the national emergency in public security because, in his opinion, “unacceptable limits have been crossed.”
“We are going to declare this emergency and then establish what points it includes, from significantly increasing the number of troops Home Officecollecting the different passes on commission that they have in the different departments of the State, to promote a greater police presence near the neighbors in the neighborhood police stations and the hottest places,” explained Manini Ríos.
“Also immediately remove the heavyweights of crime from prisons and take them to a maximum security prisonwhere they are in the isolation conditions that they have to have and gangs do not continue to operate from within,” he added.
Without official order
A couple of days ago, Manini Ríos put on the table the possibility of a declaration of a security emergency while also recommending that the Armed forces work together with the Home Office in the matter.
However, President Luis Lacalle Pou has not heard of such a request over the days. This would change, according to the council leader, in the coming days, when the request is formally made.
For Manini Ríos, it is necessary to “declare the national emergency in terms of security, something that was planned in the commitment for the country signed in 2019,” said the presidential candidate.
Source: Ambito
