At 7:30 p.m. the polls close and the count will begin where the Yes and the No will measure forces. Finally, the determination of citizenship on the 135 articles of the Law of Urgent Consideration (LUC), which promoted the government coalition, will be known.
The President of the Republic, Luis Lacalle Pou, voted after his classic tour of Canelones at around 12 noon. The president was delayed by the hugs, photos and greetings from the residents of the Guadalupe de San Bautista school. He had a lamb for lunch at the Garcia family farm and then went to rest to be present at the Executive Tower around 7:30 p.m. to await the results of the referendum.
In the headquarters of the Executive Power also The ministers will be accompanying the president. In statements to the press made this afternoon, he clarified that this is not a formal council of ministers, but to receive the results of the referendum in unity, with the authorities of the different parties that make up the coalition. “One half of the country cannot be pitted against the other,” he said after casting his vote.
In this sense, the Minister of Labor, Pablo Mieres, has already confirmed that he will attend the Executive Tower and the Minister of the Interior, Alberto Heber, voted early in the department of Rivera to, later, travel to Montevideo in a plane from the Ministry of the Interior to meet with the president and his fellow cabinet members.
The Vice President of the Republic, Beatriz Argimón, who voted this Sunday morning at the Jesús María de Carrasco school, said that she will spend the day with her family and At 7:30 p.m. he will also attend the headquarters of the Executive Power.
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Cosse and other leaders will await the results at the PIT-CNT headquarters.
Meanwhile, the mayor of Montevideo, Carolina Cosse, voted this Sunday morning at a school in Pocitos, where she took some photos with voters, who came to greet her. Cosse will spend the day with his family and will await the results at the PIT-CNT headquarters, where the Sí will have its bunker. The decision on the location of the pink commando was taken from the fact that those who promoted the referendum are not only members of the Front, but also voters of other parties, they told The Observer from those who promoted this election day.
The former President of the Republic, José Mujica, will not attend the PIT-CNT event and stated that he will stay at his “ranch” and declared: “I love democracy, I love my country, but I also love life,” in reference to the risks it runs from the pandemic.
For their part, the leaders of the governing coalition parties will adopt the strategy used during the last electoral contest: each party will carry out its own and joint activities. In this sense, according to sources close to the government, the National Party, as well as the Colorado and Cabildo Abierto will meet at their respective headquarters and, later in the day when the figures will be known, They will meet at the Radisson Hotel in Ciudad Vieja.
