Orsi participated on Thursday in the “Somos Uruguay” breakfast series. The event was attended by businessmen and leaders of the Broad Front.
In this area, the Canarian mayor said that the signing of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Uruguay and China cannot be “at the cost of having a confrontation” in MERCOSUR, because many industrialists sell in the region.
On the other hand, he referred to his administration and stressed that the impact of the tax burden in the Canarian department is low, when compared to the rest of the country. He remarked that the Canelones Administration has had a surplus since 2013.
Candidate
Later, at a press conference, Orsi was consulted about his eventual candidacy for the presidency of the Republic, since his name is handled within the Broad Front and also, because according to the Constitution, he will not be able to be mayor again. The press asked if he will resign in 2023 to dedicate himself to the political campaign prior to the presidential elections that will be held in October 2024.
“If I decide to continue in politics, at some point I have to leave. Because you don’t have the time and because you get distracted. It’s not good,” she replied.
He added: “Wherever you have to go, you always have to give up first. If you are going to be a deputy for a department, you have to resign in February, when the year 2024 begins. If I decide to continue in this political activity, which is very likely, at some point I have to leave.
“I remember that there were mayors who went to the internal ones without resigning. It seems to me that it is not good. On the one hand because it doesn’t give you time, and on the other because it distracts you. You have to separate the areas well, ”said the Canarian departmental chief.
Regarding his candidacy for the Presidency, he replied: “For someone to end up being a candidate for the Presidency, they have to go through an accession process, which is mandatory in the country and which are the primaries or the internal ones. The answer is simple there.”
“But I don’t shy away from the possibility of moving forward. It is good that all the figures of the Broad Front take to the field showing plurality, and a fairly rich range of new options for comrades who are there. The first thing is to do things well in Canelones”, he said.
Orsi added that the only condition he handles before a possible campaign is that it not distract him from the department and his task.
