The ceiling will go from 15 UR to 5 UR, equivalent to less than $8,000, as voted by the Deputies Budget Commission.
The Budget Committee of the Chamber of Deputies established that the fines for speeding will have a cap of 7,988 pesos, equivalent to 5 Resettable Units (UR), According to the article that was incorporated into the Accountability, approved by 10 votes in 17.
In this way, after the controversy over the radars, the maximum of the sanctions is reduced to a third of the previous value, of 15 UR, for 23,964 pesos. The objective is to “put a stop to the abuses”, specified the deputy of Open Town Hall, Álvaro Perrone, referring to the possible impact on the collection in some departments.
The initiative had been proposed by Perrone, who postulated that the cap be 4 UR and prescribe three years after its application. However, after the negotiations, the legislator stated that 5 UR “is an adequate limit and it is also an economically important fine.”
With respect to the eventual drop in the collection of the municipalities, the lobbyist assured that “they seek to put a stop to the abuses from the Legislative power” and indicated: “What is voted here, they will have to respect.”
As for the damage to citizens, perrone considered that “the debt for penalty fee will not impede the debtor’s access to public services”. In addition, he considered onerous penalties to be a problem for hundreds of thousands of workers in Uruguay. “Mostly they are transit workers, drivers, delivery people, who with fines of up to 15 UR get a month’s salary,” he questioned.
Lacalle Pou seeks that “they do not become a source of collection”
days ago, the Minister of Transport and Public Works (MTOP), José Luis Falero, referred to the installation of 112 new radars and explained that the President Luis Lacalle Pou told him that he seeks that “they do not become a source of collection”.
falero indicated that “it is not the objective” of his portfolio and revealed the infidelity. “He asked us to analyze in depth (the operation) these first 30 days,” she said of the statements of Lacalle Pou. “You can even modify a speed limit,” he admitted.
Source: Ambito
