Electoral Race Starts in Uruguay

Details: Category: Internacionales; Published: Monday, 29 October 2018 10:36; Written by PL; Hits: 90

Montevideo, Oct 29 (Prensa Latina) After the beginning of the electoral race in Uruguay, the leading pre-candidates from the three main political parties of the country are evident, although their organizations'' respective internal elections might change predictions.

A year prior to the elections since the race officially started on October 27, Montevideo Mayor Daniel Martinez is gaining ground within Frente Amplio (FA), which is seeking its fourth government.

Over the weekend, one of its members, Casa Grande, led by the senator and political scientist Constanza Moreira, supported the leader in the race, leaving behind Industry Minister Carolina Cosse, the trade union leader Oscar Andrade and former Central Bank President Mario Bergara.

However, the majority Movimiento de Participacion Popular (MPP), led by former President Jose Mujica, has not chosen whom it will support, as it waits for its own plenary session, scheduled for November 8, to choose the program it will submit to voters and elect a candidate by consensus.

For the opposition National Party, which is trying to gain the political ground that it has lost since its electoral defeat in 2005, taking advantage of the logic weakening of Frente Amplio while in office, the bet that seems to prevail is Luis Lacalle Pous against Senator Jorge Larrañaga

The son of the Uruguayan president in the 1990s intends to model his political discourse to attract the FA voters and those who have not made their mind yet, but he already experienced a setback days ago when he said that he would 'rule without the trade unions', so he was strongly criticized by the PIT-CNT.

Regarding the weakened Partido Colorado, which ruled for so many decades, a tight race is expected to nominate a candidate between the 80ish-year-old Julio Maria Sanguineti, who was Uruguay's president twice, and Pedro Boldaberry, the son of the politician who enshrined the civic-military dictatorship in 1972 from office.