The president of the Broad Front (FA), Fernando Pereirareferred to the visit of the President of the Republic, Yamandu Orsito the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz USA and pointed out that it is an image that “bothers” to the Frente Amplistas.
“Naturally It is not a decision of the FA, it was Orsi’s that he will have taken it under a series of arguments. I wouldn’t go, but I’m not the president“Pereira began by pointing out in dialogue with Underlined (Channel 10).
“It is a image that bothers the Frente Amplistas“I have no doubt about that,” he continued, but called “attempt” understand the president’s decision.
“You have to try to understand it, because it represents a set of challenges that when one governs one takes riskslike this one that President Orsi assumed,” he said.
He later argued that this “it’s not” a decision that they share from the party, but they are “conscious” about what “When one governs one runs risks and takes risks, and this risk that Orsi took will be explained by him”.
“Talking with the United States government is a necessity for any Latin American country. Then, this, which can be seen as a symbolic issue, is what has generated a certain rejection and must be managed within a political force that has the maturity to govern, but it does not mean that the Frente Amplistas liked the image, because if I said that I would lie to society, and I try not to do it“, hill.
This Monday, the Minister of Labor and Social Security also spoke about Orsi’s visit to the aircraft carrier, Juan Castilloand the president of the PIT-CNT, Marcelo Abdala.
“I don’t like it, I don’t agree”said Castillo, historic leader of the Communist Party of Uruguay, in an interview with Radio Carve.
“I am proclaiming for peace, I do not want war, I do not want other countries in the world to be attacked for thinking what they think or for having the culture they have and getting on a warship It doesn’t seem like a good sign.“, he also stated in a dialogue Informal Breakfasts (Channel 12) and added: “I wouldn’t do it, but he is the president of the Republic”.
Abdala, for his part, classified the president’s visit to the aircraft carrier as a “painful” act.
“For us it was very disappointing. Also surprising is a gesture contrary to the values of Uruguaywhich has always spoken out in accordance with its best traditions for peace and against war,” he said in an interview with Informative Sarandí.
“We are disappointed, dismayed, and we really believe that it has nothing to do with the traditions of our country. We really there is much dismay and disappointment in that sense,” he added.
