The mayor of Montevideo defined herself and said that she will accompany the request because “collective reflection” is needed.
The mayor of Montevideo and presidential candidate for the Frente Amplio, Carolina Cosse, defined that he will sign the plebiscite of PIT-CNT against social security reform, considering that it is “a bad law” that was passed in April of this year in the Parliament.
Cosse made his decision known through his X account (exTwitter), arguing that “signing is an action that plebiscites our disapproval of the current reform”, speaking differently than the mayor of Canelones, Yamandu Orsi, his rival within the FA.
The department head assured that the social security reform “It is a bad law,” which is why he called for “a deep process of social dialogue” to modify it and called for “a necessary collective reflection.”
In turn, he called on the people to sign the plebiscite, regardless of whether they agree with the reform, so that “the people can express themselves” and recalled that “if the signatures are obtained, this returns to the Parliament”.
Cosse questioned the rule change
On the other hand, Cosse maintained that the law of social security reform promoted by the coalition, it modified “rules and rights for hundreds of thousands of people who are working today.”
In that sense, he indicated that “this is a bad law that affects workers and retirees.” Therefore, he considered that “it must be modified” and added: “All instances are good to have that discussion.”
Finally, the presidential candidate ratified her “commitment” to promoting the “construction of a deep social dialogue” and postulated a reform “that proposes social security that is supportive and fair, but at the same time sustainable.”
He defended the PIT-CNT as an institution
Besides, cosse highlighted the proposal of PIT-CNT that “the possibility for social organizations to promote mechanisms of direct democracy constitutes one of the strengths of the republican system” and questioned that “stigmatizing it takes us back 100 years.”
“It is not saying yes to everything that is presented, but when an initiative of this magnitude is proposed by an entity so representative in the history of the Uruguay democratic, like PIT-CNT, I believe it should be analyzed carefully and taking care of all the edges,” the mayor justified.
Source: Ambito
