President Luis Lacalle Pou delivered a counterproposal to the senator and leader of Town meeting (AC), Guido Manini Rioswhich had requested a series of exclusive modifications to the bill of social security reformto guarantee the accompaniment of your space.
The counteroffer of the president occurred after a meeting that he held for 45 minutes with the legislator at the residence of Suárez and Reyes on Thursday night. Now, the ball is held by the Cabildo Abierto.
The “intermediate formula” agreed upon by Lacalle Pou and Cabildo Abierto
Initially, CA put as an exclusive condition for its support to reduce the number of years that are considered for the retirement calculation from 25 to fifteen. Once that option was ruled out, due to the contradictions it presents in the project matrix, the space was abbreviated in a 20 year proposal5 less than what was voted in the Senate.
After the meeting with Manini Ríos, Lacalle Pou responded with a partially favorable position: the initiative could be applied partially and temporarily in the military box and the police boxtwo systems closely linked to the spectrum of interest of Cabildo Abierto.
In this alternative, which CA will analyze in detail these days, starting in 2033, the calculation for those who are part of these savings banks would be based on their best 20 years of contributions. Each year a new year would be added to the calculationuntil reaching the 25 contemplated by the mixed system proposed by Lacalle Pou in 2037.
What Lacalle Pou said regarding the other proposals for the pension reform
Another of the objections that weigh the most in Manini Ríos’ party is the disqualification of AFAPs to invest their funds abroad. CA’s concrete proposal is “break down” that article and discuss it in another separate project, something that from the Presidency they completely ruled out.
One point that Lacalle Pou agreed to was the demand of the lobbyists to incorporate a commitment to eliminate the Social Security Assistance Tax (IASS), which is charged to the highest retirements. The suppression will be “gradually, to the extent that the evolution of the economy allows it,” according to the draft.
The government also ratified the consensus to break down the two articles on the Complementary Social Welfare Fund Administrators and the Reverse Mortgage.
However, the President gave a “no” resounding three other requests from CA: the one to improve special bonus for the executive sub-scale of the National Fire Departmentthat of establishing as an “obligation” -and not as a “faculty- of the Executive Branch the military personnel bonus equivalent to that established for executive police personnel, and that of breaking down the creation of regulatory agencywhich for lobbyists requires a deeper analysis.
Source: Ambito
