The leader of Cabildo Abierto questioned the reinforcement for the Mixed Technical Commission and requested “to see what use has been made of the money.”
The leader of Open Town Hall, Guido Manini Ríos, added a new front of tension against the government by demanding “a thorough audit” for the reinforcement granted to the Mixed Technical Commission of big jump, to define whether public resources were used correctly.
When referring to the extra allowance, which was defended by the Minister of Economy and Finance, Azucena Arbeleche, The senator told Azul FM that “it gives the impression that they have more than enough resources to request additional revenue every year.”
Anyway, Manini Rios He was in favor of “having an in-depth audit of what use has been made of the money”, although he clarified: “Not only now, go back also, to previous administrations.” “If we come to the conclusion that the use was not correct, it follows that a reinforcement of the item does not correspond.”
The cabildante leader spoke like this in the midst of the controversy after the resolution of the FEM, signed by him President Luis Lacalle Pou, where a credit reinforcement of 200 million pesos for the delegation was approved.
In Parliament “we are fighting for much less,” said Manini
On the other hand, the legislator referred to the negotiations in the Parliament, in the framework of the Accountability. “We are fighting for much less than this in the orders that come to us,” he compared the situation with the demands that his party raises regarding increased spending on health and military personnel.
In any case, he called for “first to know exactly what that money has been spent on and what deserves that the State have to reinforce, when they have a large budget of their own.” Then, he insisted on “seeing salary levels and hiring” and did not rule out that the funds be used “for a political purpose” or “in a discretionary way.”
Source: Ambito
