The president of the Republic Yamandu Orsi stated that will not participate in the meeting of progressive leaders to be held in Spain, since he understands that he would be “very on the edge of what the Constitution allows”.
Orsi, however, is listed as a speaker on the website of the event organized by Global Progressive Mobilization (MPG), an organization led by the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE).
The president, on the other hand, stated that yes will participate in the Democracy Always eventalso in Spain, the same weekend and to which he was also invited by the president Pedro Sánchez.
“In the note that the president of Spain sent me saying there are two activities, it is very clear and in my response it is ‘to one yes and to the other no,'” added the president and referred to the conversation he had with Colorado senator Andrés Ojeda on the subject where he confirmed that he was not going to participate in that event.
“When what we decide arises from the exchange and the debate is welcome. When it arises from the momentary explosion of the first impression, we are likely to make mistakes.“he added about his talk with the Colorado senator.
“You move very much on the edge of what the Constitution allows you to do.“Orsi explained to reject the invitation to the activity organized by the Global Progressive Mobilization (GBM for its acronym in English), headed by other leaders such as Sánchez, the Brazilian president Lula da Silva or the Colombian Gustavo Petro, among others.
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After the talk with Orsi, the general secretary of the Colorado Party Andres Ojeda stated that Yes, I would vote for authorization to leave Orsi’s country. because will not attend the progressive event. Hours later, the authorization to leave the country was voted unanimously in the Senate.
The president said that “there are people who have interpreted that it is possible” and that “There have been previous presidents who have participated in political meetings of this type”. However, he said that “he prefers to go to the Always Democracy meeting” which is being held for the third time. The first summit was Santiago de Chile with Gabriel Boric – now former president –, Petro, Lula and Sánchez and the second was in parallel with the United Nations Assembly in September.
On the other hand, Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin told The Observer that “nothing different was ever proposed” in relation to Orsi’s participation exclusively in the “meeting of the presidents.”
Lubetkin differentiated this summit from the “civil society meeting” convened by the Party of European Socialists under the name of Global Progressive Mobilization. “He never thought of being at any other event other than that of the presidents“said the minister.
In addition to the aforementioned leaders, there will also be the presidents of Cape Verde (José María Neves), South Africa (Cyril Ramaphosa), Slovakia (Peter Pellegrini), Ghana (John Dramani Mahama) and Ireland (Catherine Connolly), and the prime ministers of Albania (Edi Rama), Barbados (Mia Mottley), Lithuania (Inga Ruginiené), Malta (Robert Abela), Senegal (Ousmane Sonko), and the head of the European Council (António Costa) and the undersecretary general of the United Nations (Guy Ryder).
“It has to do with concerns about democratic stability”Lubetkin highlighted.
