The president confirmed to Ámbito that he will see the match between Yamandú Orsi and Álvaro Delgado “as a citizen.”
The president Luis Lacalle Pou confirmed that he will watch this Sunday’s debate “as a citizen”, referring to the only one-on-one that the candidates will have Yamandu Orsi and Alvaro Delgado in the run-up to 2024 runoff.
The president is participating in the launch of the summer season in Cologne, with his traditional tour greeting each of the stands of the different departments, and, consulted by Scope Regarding tomorrow’s appointment, he confirmed: “I’m going to watch the debate.”
Lacalle Pou clarified that he will do so “as a citizen” and, despite his expertise after the event he shared five years ago with Daniel Martinez, avoided recommendations, both for the candidate of the National Party as for the Broad Front. “It is not appropriate for me to give you advice. Likewise, if I had them, I wouldn’t tell either of them,” he warned.
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Lacalle Pou and a key role in the campaign towards the runoff
The statements of the head of state to this medium are in line with an increase in his public appearances during these last weeks, largely due to a good part of Delgado’s electoral success and the ability to retain voters from other parties in the Coalition It has to do with the positive image of the president and his popularity.
Lacalle Pou had already increased his public presence in the run-up to the general elections and, although he avoided polemicizing with Orsi, he launched several campaign-style phrases. The last of them was in Soriano, where he pointed to the tone of the debate and asked “that it be a contrast between projects.”
Previously, he came out to support the INE After the controversy over the data on the growth of the wage bill pointing out that “it does not seem serious that an organization that has been serious in all its processes is now being criticized in the middle of the electoral campaign.”
The president even warned that “the two projects are not the same,” in reference to the Frente Amplista program and that of the ruling party and, facing the runoff, he noted: “We have a lot at stake.”
Source: Ambito
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