[I]n our country a cold war seems to have blocked the dialogue that leads to reinstitutionalization, threatening to turn into a hot war at any moment. One has the impression that in the most recent times the republic has been split in two. On one flank the government and armed forces, on the other political leaders and the expectant Uruguayan people, the only real objective of the good that must be reached, and which is the responsibility of all.

Let us abandon that exhausting vicious circle. Neither differences of opinion, nor the prerogatives of power, nor messianic fanaticisms, nor yet the idea that everything that comes from the government is detestable and inadmissible, can be grounds or sufficient handicap for not obtaining the target we have set. It is impossible to reach unanimity of thought, but it is also inconceivable not to reach a minimum honorable agreement which takes us all to the goal we desire.