The government refused to carry out the proposal for a 120-day national security emergency presented this Monday by Guido Manini Rios, an initiative that apparently had the support of Broad Front; meanwhile, the Home Office defends its security management.
The security in it Uruguay It is not only a problem that worries citizens – according to surveys, 47% of the population sees it as the main problem – but the rulers have been carrying out a hard discussion about this issue since the beginning of this year in the middle of the electoral campaign. It has even caused some debates within the government itself. Multicolor Coalition, The last chapter belongs to Open Town Hall (CA), his proposal for a national security emergency, and the government’s refusal.
Yesterday, the leader of Cabildo Abierto presented 12 measures within the framework of the need to declare a national security emergency in Uruguay. Manini Ríos’ proposal was based on the fact that, according to his calculations based on the current trend, by March 2025 there will be 200 more homicides in the country. Uruguay.
In that sense, the presidential candidate emphasized that it was not a campaign proposal – since the one Open Town Hall is deeper and more comprehensive – but were measures to be implemented urgently. However, the government’s response was not as expected. According to Telemundo, since the Executive power They discarded the idea of the leader of CA since they consider that his proposals are already on track in the plan of the Home Office.
The Broad Front aligns itself with Cabildo Abierto
After the proposal of Manini Ríos, the Frente Amplio candidate, Yamandú Orsiassured in a press conference that he agrees to weave “minimum strategies agreed upon” with the ruling parties to attack the problem of insecurity in the country. “I agree with that, I would have to review those measures (of CA) and analyze with my team what they think, but something has to be done and it has to be done now, not wait for the elections,” he commented.
“I think there is an emerging market that is complicated and that has to do fundamentally with the homicides and with the violence that exists in society,” said the former mayor of Cannelloniwho asked to “have a presence in the neighborhoods.”
Orsi stressed that he will not “point the finger” or “blame,” but that the current state of public safety in the Uruguay It is “a difficult problem” and there are “magic solutions.” “I think that the seriousness of the problem is a step forward,” he said, referring to CA’s request to Executive power.
“If it is called ’emergency’, it may be fine. Now, let’s sit down at a table and the government should take some measure to change the reality without waiting for the election results or for the government to change. It has to start today,” he said.
The Interior Ministry defends its management
A little after the proposal of Manini Ríos, the Minister of the Interior, came to light, Nicolas Martinellidefended in his X account the management of the portfolio in the face of citizens’ concern about the insecurity and he said: “Never in the history of the Ministry of the Interior has there been such a “big bet on technology.”
In his publication, he highlighted that at the beginning of the administration of Luis Lacalle Pou There were a total of 5,900 security cameras installed, while currently there are a total of 13,100 throughout the country. For his part, he assured that the ministry has even “more vehicles, helicopters, body cameras, night vision goggles, scanners, a gunshot detection system, more armored vehicles, more horses, and more and more trained personnel.”
Finally, he stressed that the crime data is more promising. “The dual approach is yielding results, and the figures show it: all crimes have decreased. We will not rest as long as crime exists and we will continue to work until we are able to achieve this.” Uruguay may it be the country we all dream of,” he said.
Source: Ambito
