The mayor of Montevideo responded in this way to President Luis Lacalle Pou, who had questioned the opposition.
The mayor of Montevideo and pre-candidate for the presidency of Uruguay for him Frente Amplio, Carolina Cosse, responded to the president’s claim Luis Lacalle Pou about the left coalition taking a clear position regarding the plebiscite against the social security reform: “Instead of asking us for explanations, the government has to resolve the people’s situation. It is now,” he said, using a phrase from the president himself .
In his presentation during the Annual Dinner of the Center for Development Studies (CED), Lacalle Pou He also dedicated a few minutes to question the attitude of the Frente Amplio regarding the plebiscite against the social security reform promoted by the PIT-CNT, about which different experts and analysts have already warned due to its risk to public accounts.
“Those who propose the plebiscite today did not contribute an idea. They did not contribute an idea. And the Uruguay Everyone has to know what they are going to do or intend to do if the citizens give them the possibility of being a government. They have to answer. And it’s not ‘plebiscite no’ or ‘plebiscite yes’, that’s easy, textbook. I want to know what they say to the new generations from the country What are they going to do with the social security reform? who courageously approved this government,” the president said Wednesday night.
Carolina Cosse’s response
Given these statements, and consulted about it at a press conference, cosse He maintained that it is not the pre-candidates who say it, but the Wide Front “clearly on your program.” “Actually calling a social dialogue, with important pillars and real participation” is the objective pursued by the left coalition in matters of social security, based on the reform law approved in May in the Parliament.
“What we are not going to do is plunder to the people, that someone who contributed for years finds themselves with new rules. We are going to have a deep and transparent dialogue to take the measures and we are going to take the measures that the FA always takes, balanced, transparency with commitment,” added the mayor of the capital who, a few days ago, officially launched her pre-candidacy.
“Some of us will have to give in, others will have to give in more. But it’s going to be a truly national solution. So instead of asking us for explanations, what the government has to do is resolve the situation now. Is now”, he said, paraphrasing the slogan of Lacalle Pou in the last electoral campaign.
Source: Ambito
