Recovering a political tradition
The president will deliver his speech before the General Assembly starting at 5:30 p.m. He will do it in person – as his father, the former president, did Luis Alberto Lacalle– despite the fact that the law does not require it, in a clear differentiation with what was the custom of the rulers of the Broad Front (FA) that preceded it.
tabare vazquez opted for a rendering of accounts before the citizens that he used to carry out on March 1 and in the form of a public event, while that José “Pepe” Mujica sent the document directly to Parliament for analysis.
without militancy
Luis Lacalle Pou asked the National Party that the mobilization of its militants not be called for Thursday, as it had also done last year. In any case, those who wish to spontaneously approach the vicinity of the legislative Palacethey will be able to do it.
Income tax and IASS discounts
Without a doubt, the most awaited moment in the president’s speech will be the announcement of the sales of the Personal Income Tax (IRPF) and of the Social Security Assistance Tax (IASS), a measure presented by the government more than a month ago, although without details.
The decision taken by the Executive is strongly criticized by the FA and also by the Fiscal Advisory Council (CAF) that warned about “risks of possible reversal of the fiscal consolidation process in structural terms.”
social security reform
It is also expected that Luis Lacalle Pou will refer to the social security reform, an initiative under discussion in Deputies after the half sanction of the Senate Last December.
The president wants the plenary session of the lower house to vote on it no later than March 31, a schedule resisted not only by the opposition but also by his coalition partner. Open Town Hall (CA)which requires at least five modifications to the text approved by the senators.
The agro-export complex
The record exports that Uruguay registered during the past year will be part of the review of achievements of the management, a sector that currently alleges the effects of the prolonged drought with an impact that, according to state agencies, is still impossible to calculate with certainty.
The agro-export complex will also occupy an important place on Lacalle Pou’s programmatic agenda for the remainder of his administration when the request for adhesion to the Trans-Pacific Agreementa decision that further confronted the Executive with its regional partners in the mercosur.
Source: Ambito
