Lacalle Pou announced on Sunday evening that he had communicated with Orsi to congratulate him on his victory and voiced his willingness to begin the transfer of power as soon as possible.

I called @OrsiYamandu to congratulate him as the president-elect of our country and put myself at his orders and start the transition soon, the president wrote in a post on X.

Lacalle Pou waited for the election results at the Executive Tower, headquarters of the Presidency of the Republic, on Sunday evening but withdrew when dozens of FA supporters were celebrating at the gates of the building, located next to Independence Square, in downtown Montevideo.

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