However, he made it clear that his economic team, headed by Gabriel Oddone, is working on “a plan B” to face an eventual scenario in which the constitutional reform is approved and the Frente Amplio comes to government.
“We do not agree to put the ballot, we do not support the plebiscite. We are designing and visualizing a strategy without that being present, with the rules of the game that we have,” said Orsi at a press conference in Soriano, accompanied by Carolina Cosse. Despite his disagreement with the reform, the candidate pointed out that any team that aspires to govern must consider all possible situations, including a scenario in which the social security plebiscite is approved.
“It may be difficult (for him to win the plebiscite), but let’s assume so: every actor who intends to be president or take over the government has to have instruments in his toolbox to face a scenario that suddenly is not the one he wants.” “Orsi said.
In the event that the plebiscite succeeds, Orsi pointed out that “it is the citizen who decided. Nothing more Uruguayan and republican than respect for the will of the citizen. You have to figure it out and have a plan B.” Regarding this alternative plan, he explained that his team, led by Oddone, is working to “go out the next day to look for the best paths to sustain that reality.”
When asked if the approval of the constitutional reform could limit the possibilities of the next government, Orsi responded: “Some things are going to have to be postponed, I suppose. But the program goes and goes. And we continue with the idea of what the program establishes: a social dialogue to take charge of all social security, not just retirements.”
