He Senate approved the controversial bill that aims to provide a solution to debtors in Resettable Units (UR) of Mortgage Bank of Uruguay (BHU) and National Housing Agency (ANV), an initiative that was voted unanimously in the Parliament.
The initiative, which had already been approved in committees, was accompanied by the 31 senators present, meaning that it had the support of the entire Multicolor Coalition and also of Broad Front, so it is now up to the consideration of the House of Representatives.
“There was conviction, decision and unanimity in the commission. How much is it? We have different positions, but there has not been a more worked-out project with more versions than this one,” highlighted the senator. Sergio Botana (National Party) on the negotiations between the ruling party and the opposition.
The legislator, one of the promoters of the project, recognized the contributions of Town meeting and the Broad Front, as well as the commitment of Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) and the president Luis Lacalle Pou. “He asked us every day or weekly. He included the issue in his March 2 presidential address. “He gave us a big push,” she highlighted.
Finally, snack recognized the debtors. “I thank you because, despite the burden on your shoulders, you gathered in the squares of all the towns. They came to Parliament, to Executive Tower and always with a constructive attitude,” he said.
A project that had multi-party support
Beyond criticism from some sectors, the initiative had broad consensus. On this point, the senator Mario Bergara (Broad Front) highlighted the agreement with the Coalition. “We agreed that, at least, there would be a minimum of paid months.” In that sense, he insisted that “if someone has a debt of 40 years, we require that they have 210 months of monthly payments and at least 180 if we are going to reduce the value of those of 30 years. It seems logical and consistent to us.”
Meanwhile, his PN counterpart, Carlos Camy, one of the developers highlighted that with this project “a solution is realized, a long-delayed desire for many people; some strict justice.”
While another of the authors, Germán Coutinho, of the Colorado Party, He was “proud” of the solution reached. “They bore a debt as heavy as it was unjust, with modalities and rates that condemned them to an economic obligation and an eternal duration,” he noted in his speech at the Parliament.
From Open Town Hall, Marcos Methol, He valued that “it is a solution that will help give certainty to thousands of families so that they have a clear horizon of when they will be able to free themselves from that heavy burden that they have carried for so long.”
Source: Ambito
