a minute agoWorld's poorest president rejects retirement
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)The former president of Uruguay, Jose Mujica, who because of his life was called the poorest president in the world, refused to take the pension on the basis of his detention as a senator, which thrilled the fans of the modest politician, the BBC writes. The music finally resigned from the post of senator, who [...]
Mujica recently resigned from the senator post, which he has held since 2015, since he completed a five-year term.
The 83-year-old, a former guerrilla leader who has spent many years in prison, has claimed to withdraw for personal reasons and explained that he does not want to remain in the Senate until the end of the mandate in 2020, “due to the long journey. ”
He also apologized for all colleagues “who could have hurt during heated debates. In 2013, however, he had apologised to former Argentina President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner after calling it the old “shire”.
His comments were accidentally recorded at a conference where he did not realize that the microphone was activated. In 2016 he said Venezuela's president, Nicolas Maduro, is “bulls like a goat”.
Mujica became famous for refusing to live in the presidential palace during the mandate, and most of the wages were split into donations.
