This time, at the request of the Colorado Party, the Special Commission that deals with the provisional system reform project approved a new extension of the interim period, until when?
The voting period for the social security reform in Uruguay spread again, this time at the request of the Colorado Party, for whom the debate reopened after the agreement they reached Open Town Hall (CA) and the government regarding the modifications in the pillar project of the reformist agenda of the ruling party.
Finally, and after new commotions caused after the president Luis Lacalle Pou give its arm to twist regarding the demands of the sector led by Guido Manini Rios regarding the reform of the pension system in order, thus, to give their votes for approval; the Colorado Party achieved extend the fourth intermission until next Thursday the 20th.
This gives the Colorados another week of air, who seek to analyze the alternative changes to the latest version of the pension reform. In principle, the two majority sectors of the party, citizens and Batllistas, they work on separate proposals that serve as the basis for a joint alternative. To do this, they will meet on Tuesday the 18th, when they will define the document that they will deliver to the government economic team.
On Thursday the 20th, when the intermission period is over, the National Party He will intend to vote on the project in commission —almost a month later than the “original plan” that Lacalle Pou intended— once the modifications proposed by the Colorados have been answered.
Indecisions within the Colorado Party
Although at the moment there are no definitions among the Colorados, some points generate more doubts than others when agreeing. One of them is the formula agreed by Lacalle Pou and Manini Ríos around the years considered for the replacement rate calculation —Fundamental for what is the definition of the basic retirement salary.
On this point, there are those who consider it a fait accompli on which it is not worth discussing —in as much as it condenses, moreover, the lobbying votes—; while others seek to present an alternative, pointing out that even the government was not going to give in on the issue and ended up giving in to CA’s demands.
Another point of indecision has at its center the parastatal boxes: a group of colorados considers that the modified project that the Executive Branch sent to Parliament at the end of March has a confusing wording regarding the future of the Notary Box and the “window period”, which grants power to the government in power instead of making the entry of affiliates to the common system subject through a law.
Source: Ambito
