The secretary of the Chair, Alvaro Delgado, denied that he Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approve a non-refundable loan for the Municipality of Montevideo (IM) In the midst of the water crisis that affects the metropolitan area of Uruguay.
According to the Secretary of the Presidency, he communicated with the executive director of the IDB that represents Uruguay, Matías Bendersky, and “there is no loan enabled to the administration, nor is it on the table.”
“We can confirm that there is no non-reimbursable loan, granted to the Municipality of Montevideo due to the issue of water deficit”Delgado said. And he explained that the “exchange” that exists is between the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) and the IDB “in order to generate support for various contingency issues,” different from what Cosse claimed and that the entire broad front back.
In this regard, the referent of National Party He maintained that he was not going to “qualify” the attitude of the mayor of Montevideo. “It seemed very strong to me because in such a sensitive issue where there are external factors, we can’t play small politics to see what advantages we get”.
Cosse’s accusations
Last week, Cosse attended the Brussels Urban Summit (BUS), where experts and politicians from all the various countries participate. There he had several meetings with international organizations and cities from all over the world, specifically from the Belgian capital, which were interested in helping the Uruguay at a critical moment in relation to their water reserves.
Faced with this, the Minister of Economy, lily arbelecheresponded with a letter specifying all the government’s actions to try to alleviate the water crisis, highlighting the work of the Ministry of Social Development (Mides) in their role of supporting the population. Then, at the end of the communiqué, he specified that “if deemed necessary” the Uruguayan government will agree to help from multilateral organizations.
The mayor of Montevideo was outraged at the portfolio’s decision. “We had made arrangements with the IDB to access a non-refundable Fund, to be able to continue helping the population and I am outraged because this did not come out of nowhere,” said Cosse and asserted that the MEF’s response is “Blocking the Mayor’s Office in helping the people.”
“Since zero moment, and before, which is not now, we have been publishing information, generating measures, taking bottled water to picnic areas, to our polyclinics, to soup kitchens, to the BPS housing complexes, even to the exits of some schools ”, specified the mayor. On the other hand, she added that the mayor had offered to the National Administration of State Sanitary Works (OSE) a pump with a capacity of 95,000 cubic meters per day to help bring water from elsewhere. “There is no issue that we have left aside in order to help,” said the mayor.
Source: Ambito
