The president referred to CA’s resistance to voting for Accountability if its requests for military personnel are not approved.
President, Luis Lacalle Pouspoke about the controversy generated in the Multicolor Coalition regarding the demands for more resources to the military sector by the Rendición de Cuentas, an attitude that, according to the president, corresponds to negotiation and that cannot be a “I want this and it is this”.
One day before the vote on the Accountability in Deputies, Town meeting He dropped a bombshell where he assured that he 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 Hospitalin which they claimed about 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.
Faced with this, the president responded to Telemundo that “He cannot be part of ‘I want this and it is this’” and that everything is part of a negotiation. “Because, among other things, the coalition is made up of five parties, not two parties. So one thing is what you want Town meeting. And what does he want? Colorado party? And what does he want? independent party? And what does he want? People’s Party? And what does he want? National Party?”, explained the president at a press conference.
On the other hand, he assured that the power of Parliament to carry out the negotiations of the resources for next year and that it cannot intervene. “He Parliament is strictly independent, autonomous, to make certain changes that are within the Constitution, I do not suggest that they are outside as was the initial article that I had presented Town meeting”, he remarked Lacalle Pou.
“See you in the Senate,” anticipated Domenech
Among their requests to approve the Accountability, Town meeting demands a reallocation of 500 million for the military sector, something that endangered the approval in Deputies, where it was finally agreed to pass the discussion for when final approval is given, in a new chapter of the internal one.
At that time, the president of AC, the senator William Domenech, whitened: “See you in the Senate”. Thus, he hinted at what will be an uncomfortable debate within the multicolored coalition, with a party whose tension is already almost permanent with the rest of those who make up the government, as a form of negotiation to obtain their claims.
Source: Ambito
