“It is the growth of our Frente Amplio,” he said, before announcing that a series of tours across the national territory will begin with the aim of consolidating the support obtained for the runoff.
Orsi explained that the strategy involves traveling both Montevideo and the interior of the country, dividing the work with senators and political leaders into teams of two or three to cover the entire territory. The leader stated that the next mobilization will be this weekend with a “banderazo” in the capital, while other leaders have already begun to tour the interior of the country.
Asked about the weight of the parliamentary representation obtained, Orsi emphasized that the Frente Amplio will have a “majority in the Senate with light,” highlighting that the party has 16 senators, a figure that gives it a majority in the upper house regardless of the result. of the runoff.
However, the candidate acknowledged that in the Chamber of Deputies none of the blocs reached an absolute majority, but insisted that the majority in the Senate will allow greater agility for the proposals promoted by the Executive: “It is essential to have in one of the benches , no less than in the Senate, the forcefulness to make decisions more agile.”
Regarding the statements of deputy Betiana Díaz, who stated that it is wrong to say that the Frente Amplio did not obtain a parliamentary majority, Orsi agreed and maintained that this representation in the Senate will allow them to play a significant role in the General Assembly, although in Deputies the majority has not been reached.
For Orsi, the interpretations of the opposition coalition about the weight of this majority respond to campaign strategies, but he was confident in the “strength” that the Frente Amplio has achieved in the Senate, an advantage that he described as “strong” in the face of to the presidential runoff.
