President Luis Lacalle Pou He maintained that “he hopes there will be a certain correlation” between what is voted in the Parliament and what was proposed by the ministers regarding the bill of Accountabilityprior to the meeting held by the Secretary of the Presidency, Alvaro Delgado, with the official legislators of Uruguay.
After the reassignment of items voted by the Finance Commission integrated with Budget of the Low camera in it Parliament, in the framework of the treatment of the draft law of Accountability, he Executive power was not satisfied with what happened and decided to take action on the matter, as long as the “independence” of powers.
In this sense, the president asked Slim to convene a meeting with the legislators of the Multicolored Coalition, and prior to it, he maintained in front of the press that he intends “coordination” between the different political actors in space.
“He Executive He sends a project signed by all the ministers, therefore, by the entire coalition. He Parliament it has independence to modify what the government mandates; one hopes there will be some correlation with the coalition legislators. I was a legislator and I did not always agree with what the Executive ordered,” said the president from the town of mountains.
Specifically, he pointed out that he expects a consensus on “the mental health and addictions plan”, which “coordinated a lot of work” and assured that he understands that there will be differences: “Resources were reallocated and there are some who celebrate and others who complain because they are resources that they take from them”.
Social security reform and radars, two issues on the government table
Asked about the fact that the PIT-CNT will drive a plebiscite to modify the Constitution with the aim of establishing a new social security reform, the president called to wait. “There is an announcement from a trade union, which is within its rights, we are not surprised because it has opposed almost everything the government has decided,” he said in this regard. Lacalle Pou.
“Political leaders from all parties have expressed their opinion and clearly my opinion is contrary; this is a fair, supportive and sustainable reform”, he assured and asked “to separate union, ideological and partisan politics from the government policy that is responsible and whose reform has already It had positive aspects.
Over the radars on national routes, another issue that has aroused controversy in recent days, the head of state confirmed that he spoke with the minister of Transport and Public Works (MTOP), Jose Luis Falero, and pointed out why there was confusion with the measure: “It was not miscommunicated; it was not communicated.”
“I think that what the majority of the population does not know is that the minimum speeds of some routes were increased. Criteria were unified. The proposal that some ministers saw was to review some radars. Be tolerant, in the good sense of the word” , added the president and detailed what he asked the Falero minister: “It’s okay to order, we can’t go to the other side either.”
Source: Ambito
