The witty phrase with which a Uruguayan opponent called Lacalle Pou

The leader of Frente Amplio and former candidate for the presidency of the Republic Daniel Martnez pointed the finger at the President of the Republic, Luis Lacalle Pou, and his government for the health and socio-economic management of the pandemic. “I wonder if the Broad Front is still in power? Cause we’re always to blame for everything. It is now a question of extinguishing the fire. Truly, take over, boy. You have to take care of the problems“, dispar Martnez during a virtual meeting with the chef of Soriano’s Frente Amplio Pablo Ponce.

In the dialogue, which was framed in a cycle called Stories with Foundations which is transmitted from the social networks of Ponce, Martnez criticized the health management of the pandemic but focused more on the socio-economic aspect.

“There has been no balance between slowing the economy and pandemic mitigation measures. Nor has there been any restriction on traffic or sufficient investment to counteract the social and economic impacts. It is clear that a pandemic of this type which affects daily life was going to have an impact on the economy that it was more than important to discuss how. There, I have a much more critical position, ”said the former candidate.

In this sense, Martnez said that “for having worked all my life” He knows a lot of people in the industrial sector, like workers and technicians and that because of the economic situation they are going through, “there are weekends” that end in anguish..

“They say to you, ‘Daniel, bring me what it is and I’ll take it. I haven’t been able to get a peso into my house for 9 months.’ And then when you look and find out what’s going on in the popular pots, you I assure you that I see things that make you end up with a broken heart or a crushed soul, ”he said. .

In turn, Martinez pointed out that support should not be just financial. “It’s not just the base rent or the increase in the minimum wage“But all that has to do with” the context of how the dignity of life works. It’s not just the plate of food we need to live, it’s other aspects“I assure you.

The former candidate pointed to the educational impacts that, according to him, the pandemic is leaving. “You see in the tours and later you find out in numbers the impact it has on education. The numbers for high school online support are bad, lousy. And at the elementary level too“I say.

On this side, Martnez specifies that this absence is due to multiple factors. “Sometimes it’s about having the laptop and it working, or accessing it. And second, connectivity. Not all homes can pay for the Internet. And third, having a physical location. And we see that in many parts of the world, and I hope Antel would be tasked with doing this, one of the fundamental policies was to ensure that there was internet access everywhere so that educational monitoring could be carried out.. the (not) ensuring this type of connection is also a regressive impact that Uruguay has in the pandemic“, ready.

“Today, we are undergoing this tragedy which will deepen and we will pay the price for it in the years to come. These are the wounds of gurisas and cures from popular sectors that we will end up paying over the years.“, Martnez sentence.

In contrast, the former candidate singled out the president, who was his rival in the 2019 presidential elections, for his “obsession” with leadership and not following the recommendations of the Honorary Scientific Advisory Group. “The GACH ones don’t get their finger wet and look where the wind is blowing and say ‘I think …’ like the president said yesterday (referring to the interview with Lacalle in Highlighted). No, they are scientists. They study“said Martnez.

“I agree, it is not necessary to give 100% cut (to GACH recommendations) but this obsession to say ‘the responsible is the president’. What is a breast pump contest? No, here what matters is to try to find what are the best contributions so that the pandemic does not continue to develop (…) Humility is more important than anything, and not who has the bigger chest and bangs it like TarzanMartnez pointed out to Lacalle.