The beginning of gestation of the new project of Account surrender yes was already crossed by controversies that ranged from discussions within the Multicolor Coalition – Caused by budget demands by Town meeting –, union resistance to a project that they consider to be an adjustment, to multinational companies that threaten to leave if changes in the copyright law are approved.
The project enters formally at ten in the morning in an extraordinary session of the Chamber of Senatorswhile in the afternoon the first meeting of the Budget Committeewhere the Treasury also participates, with the aim of coordinating the work dynamics.
Faced with this, the vice president of the republic, Beatriz Argimon, assured that there are concerns among the senators, taking into account that the last of the management of Lacalle Pou. On the other hand, regarding the controversy between the coalition and Town meeting, remarked that “it is a retry in the chamber, the negotiation is what prevails” and that the negotiation “starts again.” However, the controversy with Cabildo Abierto is not the only one that is going through the vote of the Accountability.
union resistance
Today a partial general strike is carried out by the trade union, PIT-CNT, in support to private and public unions that are in Conflict over Accountability in Parliament and the tenth round of Salary Tips.
In this sense, the General Secretary of the PIT-CNT, Elbia Pereira, He assured the press that “In Accountability, clearly what is on the table is zero to meet the needs of workers in all branches of activity.” On the other hand, he spoke about the privatization of public companies. “We are against the government’s policies to privatize public companies. What it has to do with Ancap, with Antel and Ose. There is a clear policy to privatize these public services,” she added.
The “interference” of the Executive Power
He Mental Health and Addictions Plan It is a major project for the government of Luis Lacalle Pou. A premise that had already been announced at the beginning of the discussion of the Accountability. In this sense, based on discrepancies generated within the coalition regarding the 20 million dollars that would be allocated to the plan, President Luis Lacalle Pou requested a meeting with the legislators to try to reach an agreement.
“The Executive sends a project signed by all the ministers, therefore, for 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,” the president established at the time.
Faced with this, and a possible interference by the Executive in the votes that depend on the Legislative powerthe Minister of Social Development, Martín Lema, clarified that “this should not be taken as interference from the moment that there is a dialogue between the two powers of the State”.
The controversy of Cabildo Abierto
One day before the vote on the Accountability in Deputies, Cabildo Abierto dropped a bomb where it assured that I would vote against the budget for 2024, which was finally approved last Tuesday morning. From the party led by Guido Manini Rios They assure that in the new surrender there is a lack of resources to improve military salaries and the Military Hospital, in which they demanded some 500 million pesos.
However, after raising the concern of the government, which already had the votes against the broad frontfrom Town meeting They decided to vote in favor, but with the promise that the points of claim would be dealt with in the Senate, which is why tension is generated within the coalition regarding the votes that could be given in the Upper House.
The Spotify Threat
the company of streaming music swedish, Spotify, which is based on Uruguay, threatened to leave the country if two articles on copyright that are being debated in the Accountability. “If the proposed reform were to become law in its current form, Spotify’s business in Uruguay could become unfeasibleto the detriment of Uruguayan music and its fans,” the company explained.
From the company they establish that the Modifications of articles 284 and 285 of Law No. 9,739 that regulates copyright in Uruguay would imply an additional payment to what Spotify already provides, something that “would severely affect the ability to invest and provide services at reasonable prices for consumers.”
Air traffic controllers, a conflict with a happy ending?
The months of July and August were plagued with tension between the government and the Association of Air Traffic Controllers of Uruguay (Actau) that carried out surprise stoppages demanding a “remuneration according” to the “current qualifications”two articles in the Accountability that they presuppose an equality of payment before the same function and charge “per instruction”, as well as a payment to the instructors.
Although from the Ministry of Defense they secured an agreement with the association, where they will be given “the payment for food tickets will pass from 100 pesos to 250 pesos per day as of 2024”, there is still the vote in the Accountability regarding this promise sent to the Budget Committee.
Source: Ambito
