The Minister of Economy questioned whether the opposition leaders were clear about the operation of the fiscal rule and the Frente Amplistas responded.
The Minister of Economy and Finance, lily arbelechebrought controversy to the political scene by questioning whether the main opposition of the Uruguay understands how the fiscal rule works, from the questions made by the Broad Front (FA) during his appearance in Parliament, which provoked a response from a Frente Amplista economist.
The Economy Minister questioned whether the leaders of the Broad Front They knew the operation of the fiscal rule, in reference to the questions asked by the opposition during his appearance in the Parliament last week. In an interview with the newspaper El País, the leader of the economic portfolio established that during the Accountability the FA’s questions were not understood and they were not clear in their questions regarding fiscal management.
This provoked the anger of one of the main opposition economists, the former member of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) and current economic adviser to the Broad Front, Martin Vallcorbawho criticized Arbeleche’s statement by establishing that they do not contribute to the political debate.
“The FA was clear in the criticisms and questions, many of which the MEF did not even answer”, said the economist through his social networks. “He may or may not share the criticism. He may or may not have understood the questions, which were given to him in writing. What does not correspond is that a minister disrespects the largest bench in Parliament. A pity”, added Vallcorba.
On the other hand, the economist established that all the questions of the Broad Front were presented in writing, and he even facilitated the link to shorthand version of Accountability. “There are the questions that the FA presented in writing. And the responses from the economic team, many of them quite unsatisfactory, by the way. the rest is story…”, concluded the economist.
Source: Ambito
