Julio María Sanguinetti: “The presidency is a constant struggle between aspirations and possibilities”. | Video

Montevideo, Nov 21 (EFE).- Julio María Sanguinetti has been at the head of his country on two occasions (19895-1990 and 1995-2000) and is one of the most experienced politicians in South America, but despite this he is aware of the limitations of power. The presidency, he says, “is a constant struggle between aspirations and possibilities” and that is why it is as important what is done as what is avoided.

CAMERA: DIANA ILLA.

STATEMENTS BY JULIO MARÍA SANGUINETTI, EX-PRESIDENT OF URUGUAY:

Public office is never easy. Being President, being a minister, being a legislator is not easy. From the outside, things sometimes look different, but the Presidency is a constant struggle between aspirations and possibilities, a constant agony that one has to manage on a daily basis: between what one would like, what one longs for, what one wants to achieve and what one can achieve, because the exercise of the Government is to achieve the best possible.

The presidential responsibility is non-delegable in terms of fundamental decisions, because one can speculate, weigh, analyze, but in the end one has to make the decision.

Because people look at the President and believe that he has all the capabilities, all the possibilities, that he can be the miracle and one lives suffering the little he can do in relation to what he longs for.

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Date: 21/11/2024 13:38 (UTC)
Credit: EFE
Source: EFE
Topic: Politics » Election
Politics
Type: Rough cut
Duration: 75 seconds
Reference: 55015302623
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