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Former President of Uruguay Jose Mujica (2010-2015) presented its resign from the Senate of the South American country leaving as a message that “To succeed in life is not to win, it is to get up and start over every time one falls”.
In his speech during an extraordinary session of the Upper House, in which the former president also resigned Julio Maria Sanguinetti (1985-1990 and 1995-2000), Mujica said that “Hate is fire like love, but love is creator and hate destroys us.”
“I have my good number of defects, I am passionate, but in my garden I have not cultivated hatred for decades, because I learned a hard lesson that life imposed on me, that hatred ends up stupid, makes us lose objectivity“he added.
After the intervention of Senators Oscar Andrade and Mario Bergara (Frente Amplio, left), Guillermo Domenech (Cabildo Abierto, right), Pablo Lanz (Partido Colorado, center-right) and Carlos Camy (Partido Nacional, center-right), Mujica took the floor to thank how “complimentary” they had been to him.
“There is a time to arrive and a time to go in life”, The former president ruled on his resignation from the senator’s seat, something that he had already announced months ago and that he ratified on the day of the departmental and municipal elections, held on November 27.
“The pandemic is kicking me out. Being a senator means talking to people and going everywhere. The game is not played in the offices and I am threatened from all sides, by double circumstances: by old age and by chronic immunological disease, “he argued.
Mujica appealed to the figure of Alejandro Atchugarry, a politician from the Colorado Party who took office years ago and died in 2017, whom he described as “symbol of something lasting” that must be preserved.
“The bonhomie despite the ridiculousness of this country that, despite being small, must flee from the cracks”, he indicated.
The former senator, whose place in the Upper House will occupy Alejandro Sanchez, also from the Frente Amplio, referred to the new era in which he has had to live, dominated by technology and ruled out that he thinks of any succession – since many point to Sánchez and Yamandú Orsi, mayor of Canelones, as their ‘sons politicians’-.
“In politics there is no succession, there are causes. We all pass, some causes survive and have to be transformed and the only permanent thing is change. Biology imposes changes, but there must also be an attitude of giving opportunity to new generations, “he said.
The former guerrilla José Mujica was elected senator in the elections held in October 2019, but he had already held the seat in the Upper House between 2000 and 2005 and from 2015 to 2018. In addition to holding the Presidency of the Republic between 2010 and 2015, He was Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries between 2005 and 2008.
GOODBYE TO THE MUJICA AND SANGUINETTI PARLIAMENT: THE END OF AN ERA
For his part, Sanguinetti, who was president in two terms (1985-1990 and 1995-2000), reflected that “The political parties are the ones that channel, guide, structure and articulate and that is fundamental, especially in times of advertising bubbles and social networks.”
Both were on opposite paths throughout their career, both ideologically and in their way of life, but this Tuesday that did not matter and the praise from one to the other did not wait.
“He is an old fighter, important, who represents a part of public opinion in this country”Mujica emphasized about Sanguinetti, while the latter stressed that the joint farewell speaks of “an hour of conciliation, an hour of democratic reaffirmation.”
The speeches of the senators towards those who withdrew came from all parties.
Sanguinetti was fired by representatives of the Colorado Party Carmen Sanguinetti Y German Coutinho, Enrique Rubio (FA), Guillermo Domenech (CA) and Gustavo Penadés (PN).
One of the most striking was that of Domenech who, despite representing a right-wing and military party, said that he has “great coincidences” with Mujica.
“I have been fortunate to travel to many countries. Uruguay is a great unknown in the world. Sometimes a footballer or a sporting success is remembered, but I would say that José Mujica is also remembered at the same time,” he explained.
The end of the day had applause, greetings and hugs. Mujica, who seems to be hardened by a life full of beatings, torture and weapons, let the tears of goodbye run down his cheek. Sanguinetti, meanwhile, maintained his academic integrity but greeted each one of those present and gave himself a big hug with his contemporary rival.
Mujica left immediately, in the rain and with a purple umbrella, got into a car – which this time was not his traditional light blue beetle – and said goodbye to Parliament while Sanguinetti took a little longer to leave.
With this closure Uruguay demonstrated, once again, a republican sentiment and institutional stability that is not usually seen in a region full of differences, where the cracks are transformed into abysses in countries like Argentina, Brazil, Chile or Venezuela.
