The candidates of the Frente Amplio and the National Party arrived at the headquarters of the event, which will begin at 9 p.m.
The candidate for National Party (PN), Alvaro Delgado, arrived at Studio 9, the headquarters of the presidential debate, where minutes later his contender from the Wide Front (FA), Yamandu Orsi.
Upon arrival, Delgado launched a chicane against Orsi by pointing out that there was no exchange of ideas in previous instances because “the one who was missing was someone else, each one has the strategy they choose”, ironically about his opponent’s position in the run-up to the general elections not to debate with more than one of the candidates of the Republican Coalition.
In turn, the white referent highlighted the holding of the event that “debate is not fighting, people are fed up with fighting, it is making proposals, comparing and allowing people to choose with information” and along those lines he clarified: “Orsi no “He is my enemy, I have a good relationship with him. That we are candidates and today we compete for the Presidency is something else.”
Delgado confirmed that he spoke hours ago with the president Luis Lacalle Pou and maintained that the legally mandated event “is a good opportunity for people to be informed,” although he admitted that his intention was to “have a more interactive, more dynamic”, but countered that the modality “was negotiated between the two teams”.
The arrival of Orsi
For his part, Orsi also held a brief and improvised press conference where, when asked what the debate would be like, he highlighted: “There were two teams working here and I trust them.”
The candidate of FA He said that he hopes that the event will serve”to enrich the opinion of the population” and, when asked if it could convince some undecided, He responded: “That’s what it’s for.”
Regarding how his previous hours passed, the former mayor of Canelones He expressed: “It was a quiet afternoon, with the family.” “Besides, there wasn’t much alternative, it rained a lot,” he added.
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