12/25/2020 12:19 PM
Clarín.com
Politics
Updated 12/25/2020 12:19 PM
Salta Senator Sergio “Oso” Leavy, who in 2018 was a national deputy and voted against the legalization of abortion, assured that he is still studying how he will vote on this occasion.
"I have personal convictions but there is also what one represents,
" he said.
Last week he had a meeting with President Alberto Fernández.
“There are militants who ask you to vote one way and others another.
I would have liked a plebiscite, that all Salta people vote and that based on that law is made.
But it is governed through the representatives.
There is my thought, what one wants, what was formed and what one represents and that has us debating
, talking, we continue to watch, "said Leavy in dialogue with the Federal Multivision channel.
Asked about the possibility of his vote changing then, he replied: “
It is not a decision taken
.
There are many interests of many Argentines who ask in different ways, many people support the same position and others ask that it be law as it already is in Italy, Spain and many other places in the world.
By conviction you already have a decision but you represent more people and you have to keep debating, listened ”.
In that sense he acknowledged that
a
"
legislators many would like to
vote against but that the law is passed"
.
Regarding the meeting with the President, he explained: “He knows what I think and I know what he thinks.
I asked him for there to be more presence of the State not only in money, with actions that are reflected, ”he said.
"I'm going to take these days that they give us, we still have time to continue working and listening to voices," he concluded.
In the fight tied for votes and doubts raised by requests for changes, a possible shift in position from Leavy
would be key to moving the project forward
.
But the "heavenly" sector is also pressuring him to stay against the legalization of abortion, which has already been approved by the lower house.
In Salta they put on parades that read: "Senator vote for the 2 lives as in 2018".
The provincial deputy of Santa Fe and pro-life activist,
Amalia Granata
, already crossed it on Twitter: "What does your question depend on? Who orders you or who gives you more? Please occupy with dignity and honor the position that you gave the people, "he wrote.
What does your question depend on?
Who ordered him or who gave him more?
Please occupy with dignity and honor the position that the people gave you !!!!
@ SergioLeavy2 pic.twitter.com/SXsGLzKdpk
- Amalia Granata 💙💙 (@AmelieGranata) December 22, 2020