Senator Guido Manini Ríos indicated that they have collected 100,000 signatures and they aim to collect 300,000 before April 27, 2024.
The leader of Open Town Hall, Guido Manini Ríos, assured that the space has already collected around 100,000 signatures, a third of the 300,000 they hope to collect to promote a plebiscite for the restructuring bill debts to natural persons.
Manini Rios He highlighted that the initiative “against usury and for a fair debt” adds more and more organizations and that they hope to reach the goal before April 27, 2024, the deadline provided by law, during an event held at the headquarters of the Employees Association and Municipal Workers (Adeom), in Rocha.
“We are going at a good pace, within schedule,” said the senator, who appreciated the union’s attitude by highlighting that they are showing that “they really defend the workers, who are the most affected by these loans.”
If the necessary adhesions are gathered, the popular consultation will take place during the next general elections in 2024. In this framework, the lobbyist leader called “not to lose this opportunity to change a history of abuse by creditors”, for which he urged the people from all parties “to sign”.
34.5% of Uruguayans are irrecoverable debtors
According to a report from Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU), in the country there are 34.5% of the total population classified as irrecoverable debtors. In total, there are about 657,000 people.
This is a structural problem, highlighted in a report from the monetary entity that classified 705,534 Uruguayans as debtors with difficulty in payment capacity, representing 29.2% of the total loans granted by the banking and financial system in the country. with an average of 165,864 pesos in amounts owed.
Between the debtors irrecoverable, some 289,388 people, that is, 15.2%, meet the double condition of having other non-compliances registered in the database of Equifax —exClearing of Reports.
Source: Ambito
