Cosse affirmed that the president’s interference in the electoral process “does very harm to Uruguay” and emphasized that a president, “regardless of what we vote for,” should not step on “that limit” established by the Constitution.
“That the president intervenes in the campaign seems to me to be very bad for Uruguay, regardless of what we vote for, because it is unconstitutional. That limit should not be crossed. It is not something that brings me joy, it does not seem right to me that the president gets involved in the campaign; not by him, anyone, because it is unconstitutional. We are putting everything into a campaign with the people from the beginning. We talk to the people and about the people’s problems, not the politicians’ problems,” said Cosse in an activity in Playa Pascual, San José.
Cosse pointed out that the president “walks on the ledge, again and again” in relation to respect for the Constitution. When asked if she considered that Lacalle Pou had violated the Magna Carta, she responded that the people “see it.”
The Broad Front candidate also differentiated between the president’s institutional role in inaugurations, which she described as “part of her task,” and what she considers a direct intervention in the campaign: “It didn’t seem right to me when he intervened in the campaign by questioning me and Yamandú so that we could define ourselves about things, as candidates and pre-candidates: that is intervening in the campaign,” said Cosse, who insisted that the focus should be on the problems of citizens and not on political issues.
In this sense, Cosse urged to “make a deep effort of reflection” and “choose progressivism” in the ballot on November 24. “Choose a country that advances without wearing everything. We have to grow and move forward, but without taking the people with us, helping poor households to be able to move forward, taking care of our elderly, combining growth with better salaries and retirements,” he concluded.
