Head of SUPU Ricargo González said that “there are no real guarantees or an appropriate legal framework” so that nighttime raids on homes can be carried out safely, since equipment and training are needed first, as well as details on how the legislation will be implemented, and the participation of prosecutors or judges.

González criticized the lack of dialogue with the Ministry of the Interior, such as the one that National Police Union held, and which also rejected the initiative of nighttime raids, but conversations with ministerial authorities made it reevaluate its position and demand action protocols.

The proposal is controversial and has the position of civil society groups and the opposition Frente Amplio against it under various arguments.

The Front’s presidential candidate, Yamandú Orsi, criticized alleged electoral interests on the part of the Government, which presents the raids as the “silver bullet against drug trafficking.”

This is an issue of the current electoral campaign, one of the flags of the candidate for the ruling National Party, Álvaro Delgado, and of candidates from other parties of the so-called Republican Coalition, in power.

A survey by Consulting Teams reported that 64 percent of Uruguayans will vote in favor of the referendum and 31 percent disagree.

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