The presidential candidate for the Broad Front, Yamandú Orsicommented on the speech of Luis Lacalle Pou in the UN on the political and social crisis of Venezuela and several pro-government politicians stepped in to defend the president and reject the statements of the Frente Amplio member.
Orsi spoke about Lacalle Pou’s speech at the United Nations Assembly and took the opportunity to criticize the president’s statement: “Maduro trembles, eh.” “Those who are going to decide about Venezuela are tigers. There are interests of the most monstrous monsters in the world: Russia, Türkiye, United States, Iran“, he said.
“They may listen to what we say as a country, they may be moved, I doubt it,” he added, although he stressed that this “has nothing to do” with what he thought of the elections in Venezuela, which he described as “a disaster.”
On the other hand, he was asked if he would invite Nicolas Maduro upon his inauguration if he is elected. “I don’t know, man. That never occurred to me. You have to see how many invitations we make. Look, when you throw a birthday party, how many people you get cake for,” he said ironically.
The ruling party came out to meet
Orsi’s statements caused a stir within the National Party (PN) who did not hesitate to question him. “The truth is that I am, not surprised, almost scandalized by the statements of the candidate of the Broad Front (FA) “With regard to the situation in Venezuela, taking it as little more than a joke,” said the presidential candidate for the Independent Party, Pablo Mieres.
“We are talking about a bloody dictatorship that is killing people and making people disappear. We are talking about very serious and grave things. Fundamental principles of political life in a country. There is no room for laughter or mockery or statements that do not stand up to even the slightest analysis from a person who claims to be president,” he added.
For their part, several politicians expressed their discontent through their social networks. One of them was the Vice President of the Republic, Beatriz Argimón. “Let our President make a speech in front of his peers in the UN It is not only about denouncing the dictator Maduro, it means being the voice of the millions of Venezuelans who suffer and demand the triumph of Democracy. Proud of you, Luis Lacalle Pou“, he posted on his X account.
For his part, the white senator Javier Garcia He also expressed his repudiation of Orsi’s remarks: “If it trembles Ripe “Or not, it will be because of the solidarity that the Venezuelan people receive and how isolated the dictator is in the world, or the complicity that protects him, like that of the FA and its candidate. Orsi’s irony speaks of Orsi,” he said.
The senator Jorge Gandini He was also harsh with the presidential candidate’s statements. “The resignation of the useless. Those who do nothing for freedom, the quiet, the invisible, are accomplices of the farce and the fraud “from Maduro. Who does the hollow response of a presidential candidate who goes against all traditions, against the best national history in foreign policy, represent?” he posted.
“It’s not news that I don’t, but it shouldn’t represent the majority of Frente Amplio supporters either. Uruguay “We need a left that rebels and honours its good history,” he added.
The silence of the Frente Amplio and Pereira’s response
A month ago, when the crisis in Venezuela It was detonated after dubious electoral results that gave rise to Nicolas Maduro as the winner of the elections, the Multicolor Coalition He questioned the lack of positioning regarding the situation in the Bolivarian country, even comparing it to the regime.
To this, the Frente president responded: “It is a shame to compare the Broad Front “We have nothing to do with Maduro’s left, we do not have the same practices, the same ways of solving problems, we have not exercised government in this way when it was our turn. It is absurd to raise this.”
In that sense, he admitted that Venezuela He is running a regime that is not democratic. “There is no doubt that it violates freedoms; that it has generated an election with proscribed people, there is no doubt; that there are political prisoners, there is no doubt; so if you ask me, is it a democratic regime? It is not,” he said.
However, he asked for a certain level of prudence when sentencing the Bolivarian government. “We must be much more careful when we talk about a country that is far away from us, that has another culture, that has another way of doing politics. Many people talk about Venezuela without even having spent a minute there.” Venezuela, without even knowing what parties there are in Venezuela,” he commented.
He also regretted that the discussion on democracy in Venezuela has become so embedded in Uruguayan politics. “Many people talk about Venezuela as if the issue could be resolved in the Uruguayan discussion,” he said.
Source: Ambito
