Uruguay
Schipani Took a Phone to the Montevideo City Hall and Faced Criticism on Social Media
The Colorado Party lawmaker recorded a video outside the municipal headquarters to criticize the Broad Front. According to Caras y Caretas Uruguay, the post drew negative responses even from users who commented on his own post.
Colorado Party lawmaker Felipe Schipani staged an intervention outside the Montevideo City Hall with an old landline phone as part of a political video aimed at the Broad Front.
According to Caras y Caretas Uruguay, the legislator placed the device on the forecourt of the municipal headquarters and released a clip in which he said: “For 36 years, the Broad Front has not answered the phone for anyone at the Montevideo City Hall. Luckily, they have little time left.”
According to that outlet, the performance sought to appeal to humor and provocation, but much of the reaction on social media focused on questioning the chosen tactic. Among the comments cited by the publication were users who described the video as a “spectacle,” others who said they thought it was a joke, and also those who criticized a lawmaker for devoting time to an action of that kind.
Caras y Caretas Uruguay also noted that some responses considered the strategy had ended up undermining the political message. There were also questions about whether it was a complaint about the functioning of the City Hall or campaign propaganda, as well as comments calling the video “ridiculous.”
The outlet placed this action within a line of interventions Schipani had already used before on social media. Among those precedents, it mentioned an episode during the debate on the Rendición de Cuentas, when he handed a Broad Front flag to Cabildo Abierto lawmaker Álvaro Perrone, and another controversy linked to political banners in Montevideo.
Still according to Caras y Caretas Uruguay, the Montevideo City Hall currently has the 1950 phone line, available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., in addition to WhatsApp assistance and in-person channels.
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