The project of the social security reform that will be voted on in Deputies is not the same as the one that was approved in the Senate. After the modifications proposed by Open Town Hall (CA) and Colorado Party (PC)President Luis Lacalle Pou affirmed this Wednesday that the changes introduced by the partners of the government coalition they do not affect the “spirit” of the original project.
“Obviously some things are being modified that a priori we thought should not be modified, but the spirit does not change,” said the president, who also said: “Is it a good reform? My answer is yes. Why is it a Good renovation? Because it’s a lot better than we have and to begin with it is done sustainable”.
Even so, he lamented: “The initial reform was economically more sustainable. What there is now is sustainable and is significantly better than what we have today “, in Agraciada, Soriano, where he led the official act for the 198th anniversary of the Landing of the 33 Orientals.
To illustrate his position, Lacalle Pou delved into a strange metaphor. “I don’t know if you heard that ‘throw water into the milk’. We we had a liter of milk. She went throwing water, water and water, but it’s still milk”, he compared.
Is there agreement between the coalition partners?
In statements to the journalists present, the President assured that “we are in the last meters before reaching a total agreement between the five political parties” that make up the Multicolor Coalition; that is, the National Party, the Open Cabildo, the Colorado Party, the People’s Party, and the Independent Party.
In principle, the idea was to vote on the reform in the Upper House this Thursday, but, after closing the agreement in the Executive Tower and the head of state accepting the last three modifications of the PC, the Colorado senator Adrian Pena He commented yesterday at a press conference: “I don’t know if we are going to vote on Thursday, we are managing the times very prudently.”
“This needs to be handled very responsibly. But I think that we are close to this being agreed. There is very good spirit on both sides, there always was,” he said.
What are the changes proposed by the Colorado Party and accepted by Lacalle Pou?
According to Peña, the first modification is linked to the minimum number of years worked. The minimum age will be 65 years for those who have contributed for 30 years, but with the new red proposal, those who have contributed for 35 years may retire at 64 and those who have done it for 38 years will be able to do it at 63 years old.
Second, the colorados detected a project design error, which was communicated to Lacalle Pou, and which will be corrected in the next few hours. As the document was written up to now, those born in 1972 could retire at 60 years of age, while those who did so in 1973, at least 63 years of age, which meant an unfounded jump.
“Those born on December 31, 1972 retired by one system, (while) the next day they retired by another, it was a abrupt jumpPena explained.
With the new modification, it will be gradual: about those who were born in 1973 there will be one minimum age 61 yearsabout those of 1974, of 62 yearsabout those of 1975, of 63 years, about those of 1976, of 64 yearsand about those of 1977, of 65 yearslike the rest.
Finally, the third change will be a reduction in the Social Security Assistance Tax (IASS), a point much discussed by Cabildo Abierto as well. However, in this case, the magnitude of the tax relief.
Source: Ambito
