legislators of the Multicolor Coalition they met with him Director of Public Finance of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), Fernando Blanco, within the framework of the working group formed by the ruling party to discuss the reallocation of funds in the Accountability.
The principle of agreement came after the President Luis Lacalle Pou asked for “coordination” between the Executive power and the members of the National Party in it Parliament, so that “there is a correlation” with respect to the draft Accountability.
When voting on the project in the Committee on Budgets and Finance, reallocations were voted, among them to allocate 3 million dollars to the Hospital of Clinics within the framework of the mental health and addictions plan.
According to reports, after the meeting between White and the legislators agreed to continue with the reallocations, although with different amounts and origins. In this regard, Telemundo reported that the Hospital of Clinics will add up to 3 million dollars, although independent of the mental health plan. If this happens, the total disbursed will be 23 million dollars.
In the run-up to the meeting, the government clarified that there was no government interference. He Minister of Social Development, Martín Lema, He maintained that “this should not be taken as interference from the moment that there is a dialogue between the two powers of the State.” In turn, the deputy of the National Party, Juan Martín Rodríguez, explained: “We are part of a government and the job has to be to help each other so that the result is superior.”
Udelar will also receive a million-dollar amount
Meanwhile, the government plans to reallocate economic resources for 240 million pesos for the University of the Republic (Udelar), whose rector Rodrigo Arim considered “an important signal for the country”.
Among the points to improve in the Udelar, according to Arim, There is a lack of resources to attend to the relationship of hours between teachers and students. The scholarship category will also be strengthened by ensuring that there are difficulties, especially on the north coast of the country, where the applications for them have been greatly exceeding the university offer.
Source: Ambito
