The two-time President of the Republic, Julio María Sanguinetti, spoke in “El Correo de los Fries” about the Broad Front and the citizen security.
In his statement carried out in the party publication, he noted that from the Broad Front, they only seek to “install the idea that the coalition government is failing in terms of public security and we are facing a generalized escalation.”
«They have traditionally been effective in these advertising montages, the generation of psychological microclimates and the construction, based on some true facts, of artificial panoramas, which do not correspond to reality. To begin with, let’s say that the one who does not have the slightest authority to talk about the issue is, precisely, the Broad Front,” Sanguinetti continued.
“They arrived in 2004 with 7,000 robberies and ended with 30,636. 2021 ended with 24,862. That is 18.8% less. In thefts, they started with 98,000 and ended with 139,991. The end of last year ended with 112,097, 20% less. Regarding homicides, he indicated that “they started with 200 and ended with 393 in 2019. In 2021 there were 300, 23.7% less.”
He stressed that “it is clear that the critics were the headlines of a resounding failure and it is notorious that in the last two years the set of crimes has dropped. In recent months, very horrendous crimes have been experienced, some of inexplicable family violence, and others that, due to their characteristics and cruelty, are clearly identified with drug trafficking, this scourge that is in the world and that our country has seen grow exponentially in the last decade”.
“Unquestionable” said Sanguinetti
“What is unquestionable is that organized crime has been hit and, as a consequence, the battles for territory have become bloody. Homicides are concentrated in only 6 of the 25 police stations, which focuses the issue. 2,500 mouths have been closed and they will continue to be persecuted. At least there is a plan to combat drug trafficking, which has already produced results, because seizures and mouth closures have increased. In 2019, Prosecutor Díaz himself stated that since 2009 he had not ».
“It is well known that drug trafficking is a scourge that the world has not been able to eradicate and that in our country it grew exponentially. Its origin is in the general drift of contemporary society towards drug use. When there is an unsatisfied demand, someone attends to it. Unfortunately, it runs from behind and all the time we hear the dramatic claim of families distressed by a young man who has fallen into addiction, “said the leader of the Colorado Party.
