The Minister of Labor and Social Security, Pablo Mieres, is already thinking about the possibility of running for the presidency of the Republic, through the Independent Party (PI), in which he has already applied in the past and which is now part of the multicolored coalition that gave victory to Luis lacalle Pou.
In the celebration of the 20 years of the PI, Mieres announced that it is already “available” if you want to invite him to be the presidential candidate of this political force for which he only obtained 0.97% of the votes in the 2019 elections, totaling 23,580 votes. He was even below Edgardo Novick (Partido de la Gente) who got 1.08%, and César Vega (PERI), who amassed an electorate of 1.38%.
“I am available, the party is the one that decides. I feel strong enough to represent him as I have done on other occasions, but that is still a long way off”, said the minister at a press conference at the event.
The head of the government of Lacalle Pou said that the PI “It has contributed in these years has been a total radicalism in the defense of democracy and the institutionality of the Republic”, and that this is “the key” to continue existing despite the passage of time.
“When we celebrated ten years we made a cycle. We honor (Zelmar) Michelini, (Hugo) Batalla, (Juan Pablo) Terra, (Carlos) Quijano. We are heirs of that current. A current that expresses social democracy in Uruguay”, he detailed.
High-profile figures from across the spectrum were present at the event, including former presidents José Mujica, Luis Lacalle Herrera and Julio María Sanguinetti; the secretary of the Presidency, Álvaro Delgado, the president of the Broad Front, Fernando Pereira; the Minister of Health, Daniel Salinas; the lobbying senator, Guido Manini Ríos, and the Minister of Defense, Javier García, among others.
His work from the MTSS
Now, as long as he remains Minister of Labor, the hierarch said that he will continue “working” so that the workers “live better”, putting their efforts especially “in the weakest”.
In another unrelated event, the presentation of the 1st edition of the Yo Estudio y Trabajo program, he stated that “Although some people don’t like it, employment has recovered,” adding: “It is true that it is stable now, but it is at pre-pandemic levels and we are even better in several indicators than in the year before the pandemic.”
