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Álvaro Delgado confirms meeting with Yamandú Orsi: “The important thing is not the photo, but the substance”

From El País · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Álvaro Delgado said he expects to meet President Yamandú Orsi next week after Orsi decided to call opposition party leaders separately.
  • Delgado said the meeting’s substance matters more than the public image and called for dialogue after tensions over criticism of former President Luis Lacalle Pou.
  • He also backed Orsi’s planned meeting with Uruguay’s 19 mayors on emergency climate funding, investment funds and development funding for the interior.

Álvaro Delgado confirmed that he expects to meet Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi next week, but he made clear that a handshake or official photograph will not be enough.

“The important thing about this meeting is not the photo, but the substance,” Delgado said at a news conference. He said the president’s office had explained that, following a request from the National Party and criticism from the ruling Broad Front, Orsi would meet political parties one by one rather than convening all opposition leaders together.

The important thing about this meeting is not the photo, but the substance.

· Álvaro DelgadoHe said the upcoming meeting with President Yamandú Orsi should produce meaningful dialogue rather than a symbolic image.

The meeting had become tangled in political tension after a Broad Front news conference raised what it called serious “acts of an apparently criminal nature” and “political responsibilities” in the purchase of offshore patrol vessels from the Cardama shipyard. The National Party objected particularly to references to former President Luis Lacalle Pou, whom Broad Front senator Nicolás Viera called the main political person responsible for the state’s situation.

Delgado said the National Party is a party of dialogue. “It was important to lower the temperature a little and create an atmosphere. Dialogues are built, above all so that they are useful,” he said.

It was important to lower the temperature a little and create an atmosphere. Dialogues are built, above all so that they are useful.

· Álvaro DelgadoHe described the need to ease tensions between the National Party and the government.

Orsi is also scheduled to meet Broad Front president Fernando Pereira and, separately, the leaders of the Colorado Party, the Independent Party and Cabildo Abierto. Delgado described as essential a planned meeting between Orsi and Uruguay’s 19 mayors, including National Party mayors.

The agenda includes an emergency fund for climate emergencies, investment funds and development funds for the interior, as well as how those resources will be distributed. Delgado said local governments need opportunities to work with the executive branch on these issues.

The National Party is a party of dialogue.

· Álvaro DelgadoHe characterized his party’s position toward the government.
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Originally published by El País in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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