Official candidate from Uruguay asks to “ensure continuity” at the end of the campaign

The official presidential candidate Álvaro Delgado called on Tuesday to “ensure the continuity” of the center-right government in power, when closing the National Party’s campaign for Sunday’s elections in Uruguay.

Delgado, former secretary of the Presidency of Luis Lacalle Pou, garners 23% of voting intentions, 21 points below the favorite Yamandú Orsi, of the leftist Frente Amplio, according to the latest survey by the consulting firm Cifra released on Tuesday. If none exceeds 50%, there will be a runoff on November 24.

“We are going to a second floor of transformations (…) because this government leaves us a very solid first floor to continue building the future,” urged Delgado in the final act in Las Piedras, about 30 km from Montevideo, the same city. where the then candidate Lacalle Pou closed his campaign in October 2019.

In front of nearly a thousand people and flanked by his running mate, former union leader Valeria Ripoll, and dozens of nationalist leaders and government figures, Delgado addressed the undecided voters, who according to Cifra are around 8%.

“We are going to ask these people to think about who gives you certainty, who gives you tranquility, who gives you peace, who gives you predictability, who assures you tolerance, freedom, and above all, who ensures that the country continues to grow.” and developing,” he said.

“Because the alternative is to return to the past, to the worst past, to which neither you nor I want to return,” he warned, alluding to an eventual triumph of the Frente Amplio, which governed from 2005 to 2020.

“If the Republican coalition is the most voted political project, next Sunday the 27th we will begin to ensure the continuity of this government,” said Delgado, a 55-year-old veterinarian, former deputy and former senator who gained notoriety for the management of the Covid pandemic. 19.

According to Cifra, the voting intention of all the parties that make up the ruling bloc is growing and approaching the Frente Amplio: the Colorado Party collects 15%, Cabildo Abierto 3%, and the Independent Party 2%.

Delgado assured that his objective is to lead a new coalition government led by the National Party, to which he attributed achievements in works, infrastructure and social policies throughout the country.

“The National Party is going to be the locomotive. But there is no train without carriages,” he stated, and sent a special greeting to all the coalition partners.

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