Yamandú Orsi will be the next president of Uruguayafter a close election in which the country’s democratic maturity was demonstrated. Even though the official scrutiny had not declared a winner, Luis Lacalle Pou and Álvaro Delgado congratulated the Frente Amplio candidate, who won by just over 90,000 votes.
After receiving congratulations from the current president and the defeated candidate, Orsi gave a speech to the militants who celebrated the return of the Frente Amplio to the Government, which he had already occupied in the period 2005-2020 with Tabaré Vázquez and José Mujica.
With a campaign focused on social justice, sustainable development and national unity, the Frente Amplio candidate managed to obtain the majority support of citizens, beating the official candidate Álvaro Delgado in a close process that required a second electoral round this Sunday, after on October 27 none of the candidates from the Frente Amplio, the National Party and the Colorado Party achieved an absolute majority.
“I want to be president,” Orsi anticipated
«I want to be president of Uruguay. That is my only goal and I am heading towards it. “I will be a militant for life and I will always participate in political activity,” Orsi said this Sunday morning when he went to vote.
The formula headed by Carolina Cosse obtained 1,185,209 votes of the 2,277,566 cast, according to official data from the Electoral Court, which has already scrutinized 99.13% of the votes.
“I will be the president who promotes national growth,” said Orsi, who will succeed Luis Lacalle Pou, of the National Party, in the Presidency on March 1, 2025. And he added: “I will call for national dialogue again and again to find the best solutions, listening carefully to what others tell us, in addition to presenting our proposals.
In a message that emphasized integration and dialogue, Yamandú Orsi, a History teacher from a humble family in Canelones, stressed that he will take into account those who did not vote for him, with the aim of building “a better country.”
The Minister of the Electoral Court, Ana Lía Piñeyrúa, highlighted the civic behavior of citizens during election day, in which no incidents were recorded.
World leaders congratulate Yamandú Orsi
Meanwhile, several leaders rushed to congratulate the president-elect, who will take office on March 1, 2025, including the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
“I want to congratulate the Uruguayan people for the holding of democratic and peaceful elections and, especially, the elected president Yamandú Orsi, the Frente Amplio and my friend Pepe Mujica for today’s victory,” Lula wrote on social networks.
For its part, the president of Paraguay, Santiago Peña, He congratulated the Uruguayan people for their civic commitment and reported that he contacted Orsi to “express his country’s commitment” to “continue collaborating” for the benefit of both nations.
EFE
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