The president of the Broad Front, Fernando Pereira, and the president of the National Party board of directors, Pablo Iturralde, agreed to meet in a debate in the week prior to Sunday, March 27, in the final stretch of the campaign towards the referendum against 135 articles of the Law of Urgent Consideration (LUC). This was reported by the front runner to The Observerafter exchanging calls with the nationalist leader.
“He called me because he says he had never said no, and clearly I hadn’t invited him either, but that’s something the media does. We both agreed that there would be a debate and the medium and the format needed to be coordinated,” he explained. Pereira. In this way, the new president of the leftist coalition will debate with Iturralde and with the mayor of Rocha, Alejo Umpiérrez, coordinator of the campaign for the No, according to what Telemundo had anticipated.
Asked why these instances were not finalized with Vice President Beatriz Argimón and the Secretary of the Presidency, Álvaro Delgado, Pereira indicated: “The media have told me that they have been invited and that both have given a negative response.” “I would have liked to, but I understand that not debating is part of life. Now, later it is not worth complaining when others do not debate. Because look, I heard for years the complaint that it is not debated, but then they act contrary to what they said for a long time, “she questioned.
Pereira indicated in turn that he will be present at the debates of the new season of All Voices, which will organize exchanges in pairs on the occasion of the referendum.