THE People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has joined the rest of the world in congratulating newly-elected President of Uruguay, Mr Tabare Varquez who recently won a presidential run-off by a comfortable majority. In a statement, the Party yesterday expressed confidence that the new President will continue with the policies and programmes of his predecessor, Mr Jose Mujica, aimed at upgrading the quality of life of the Uruguayan people.
“The PPP has taken note of the fact that the elections were peacefully conducted and the results accepted by the opposition parties which speaks well of democracy in that country. Uruguay has had a history of dictatorial and military rule not unlike so many other Latin American countries including Guyana under the former PNC regime,” the ruling Party said.
Also, the PPP noted that the victory of TabareVarquez in the presidential race has strengthened the position of the leftist forces in Latin America and the hemisphere as a whole, and could be seen as a rejection of neo-leberal and right wing policies. These have served to impoverish the vast majority of the people in that country and the Region as a whole.
“The PPP calls on the opposition parties, more particularly the APNU to have the political maturity to accept the verdict of the people and avoid the tendency to cry foul when the results of general and regional elections do not go according to their wishes as happened in past elections,” it concluded.