The Frente Amplio presidential candidate was open to the possibility that his advisors might discuss with those of the nationalist presidential candidate.
He presidential candidate of the Frente Amplio (FA), Yamandú Orsidid not rule out a possible debate between his economic team and that of the presidential candidate for the National Party (PN), Alvaro Delgadoafter the latter suggested the challenge for “people to compare” the different proposals.
“When I have it, maybe I will,” Orsi told Telemundo on Sunday, during a tour of Ciudad de la Costa (Cannelloni) on the occasion of the FA Base Committee Day.
In this regard, Orsi clarified that he still does not have a defined economic team, while Delgado has already confirmed that the former president of the Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU), Diego Labatwill be in charge of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) in an eventual government.
“Maybe so,” the candidate insisted, before making it clear that he does not agree with the ruling party’s suggestions to make the FA’s economic team known. “It has never been like this, everyone is in a hurry and for whatever reasons,” he said ironically.
Asked about Delgado’s eagerness to meet the Frente Amplio’s economic team, Orsi said he did not know where the urgency came from. “I don’t know, what do I know. Ask him,” he said.
“It seems like too much anxiety to me”
“They are already asking us to name the cabinet, we have to win the election first. Of course, we can give some things in advance, but it seems to me to be too much anxiety. Too much anxiety, we have to be careful.
Orsi advised the ruling party to “not be so nervous” and clarified that he does not make proposals for the government alliance, but rather prefers to “talk to the people.”
“Today we are in that situation, and they are also in that situation, which is to talk to the citizens to convince them to join us. I am not going to waste time, am I going to want to convince each other?” he said and said that he does not have a specific name to confirm as head of the MEF, despite the fact that the economist Gabriel Oddone He would appear to be the main candidate to head the portfolio after a possible electoral victory.
Source: Ambito
