The initiative put the unity of the Multicolor Coalition in check, and not only would the vote on the project be at risk during March.
The deputies of Town meeting warned their coalition partners that they will not vote on the social security reform since its conditions were not met, and the main key project of the government of Luis Lacalle Pou.
Finally, the meeting between the Special Commission that treats in the Low camera the text approved in the Senate with the government’s economic team, it did not have the happy ending that some sectors of the ruling party still expected. Rather, quite the opposite, and not only is the reform on the brink of the abyss, but also the coalition.
is that, through Alvaro Perrone and Martin Sodano, lobbying representatives in the commission, the sector led by Guido Manini Rios gave notice that they will not vote on the project that is the pillar of the reformist agenda of President Luis Lacalle Pou, while its conditions remain unfulfilled.
The news was given to the Minister of Economy and Finance (MEF), Azucena Arbelechethe minister of Labor and Social Security (MTSS), Pablo Mieresthe director of the Office of Planning and Planning (OPP), Isaac Alfieamong others, who will now have to maneuver in a real minefield to save the vote on the reform, on the one hand, and try to maintain the entire coalition, essential to have the necessary parliamentary majority in the last stretch of management.
For the moment, the negotiations will continue until Wednesday, when the Executive Power officially presents the modifications to the articles of the project.
Why does Cabildo Abierto refuse to vote?
The main point of contention is the number of years contemplated in the calculation for basic retirement salary. The reform, as contemplated by the government, considers a term of 25 years for the calculation, while the Cabildo Abierto demands the reduction of this number to 15 years.
Already yesterday the deputies Pedro Jisdonian, Alvaro Viviano (both from National Party), Iván Posada (Independent Party) and Daniel Peña (People’s Party) They had alerted their fellow lobbyists that it was not possible to agree to their proposal, nor would they agree to an extension to have more time to study the reform. While from the Executive they reject the modification to the calculation of the basic retirement salary for going against the very architecture of the project, something that makes it unfeasible.
In exchange, and with the intention of bringing positions closer between the sectors of the coalition, they incorporated modifications to the original project, mainly with regard to the limits and guarantees of investments abroad by the Pension Savings Fund Administrators (AFAP) and the convergence period for the subsystems and parastatal funds —above all, the Notary Box.
However, Cabildo Abierto does not give in and threatens to break the government stability from within, with a project that the Lacalle Pou administration intended to establish as a mainstay on which to build electoral platform of the ruling party for 2024.
Source: Ambito
