The president of the Republic, Luis Lacalle Poutraveled to Mendoza, Argentinato watch the rugby match between New Zealand Pumas and All Blacks.
In the match, that the Argentine team dropped 41 to 12the president was seen in the VIP zone from the Malvinas Argentinas Stadium with Mendoza authorities.
Among them was the governor Rodolfo Suarezand was also with the gubernatorial candidate Alfredo Cornejo and Hebe Casado, his running mate. In a photo she saw them accompanied by Lisandro Nieri, candidate for the National Chamber of Deputies.
His attendance at the meeting was shared by the journalist Eduardo Preve on Twitter. “In the midst of the water crisisPresident Lacalle Pou traveled by private plane to Mendoza to watch the rugby match between Los Pumas and All Blacks in the VIP box of the Mendoza stadium”, he wrote.
The post was responded to with various criticisms of the president. “Sad and unfortunate paper”; “unpresentable”; “frivolous, insensitive”, were some of the comments that Lacalle received. The mayor of Salto, Andrés Lima, was one of the critics.
However, there were also other people who defended to the agent “Can’t you go see Rugby? The ‘water crisis’ is solved with rain, and until that happens, you have to resist. There is no magic in this matter”wrote, for example, Guillermo Hambrook.