«It has been a long campaign, the electoral cycle in Uruguay is long, but I think it has been exemplary. […] This second round has taken place in peace, in a democratic manner, with freedom, and I believe that these things are things that we Uruguayans have to learn to value and take care of,” he said.
Ferreri emphasized that with this election, Uruguay will reach “the longest cycle of consecutive democracies in history,” an achievement that he described as “truly very important.” Furthermore, he expressed his confidence in the Frente Amplio proposal, which he defined as “a very good proposal in the campaign, giving many concrete ideas, a clear direction, a very good candidate, a good formula.”
Criticism of the ruling party
Asked about the ruling party’s campaign, Ferreri stated that he focused more on referring to the Frente Amplio than on his own achievements and proposals: “It is a government that spent the first three and a half years talking about what the Frente Amplio had done before, and “What they have dedicated the last year and a half to is talking about what the Frente Amplio is going to do.”
The former undersecretary also questioned the “out of tone” of some actors in the ruling party, including expressions such as “tribilin” and “the worst Broad Front in history”, which, in his opinion, “do not help at all.”
A country at stake
Ferreri highlighted the importance of this election in defining the course of the country in the next five years: “I think that is nothing minor, it is something very important.”
In his analysis, he compared the economic and social results of the two competing political projects: «The economy grew little, but it grew. Society is more unequal, the poorest are poorer, the richest are richer. […] “We have a project that governed for 15 years, generating prosperity, but also in a shared way, with results that spread to the entire society, especially to those who have the least.”
For Ferreri, these differences represent what was at stake in this election, making clear his commitment to a project that, according to him, seeks greater social equity and shared prosperity.
