He Secretary of the Presidency, Álvaro Delgado, pointed against the Mayor of Montevideo, Carolina Cosse, pointing out that it seeks to “steal 22 million dollars from our voluntary savings by repealing the AFAPs”, in reference to the signing of the plebiscite of PIT-CNT against social security reform by the presidential candidate of the Broad Front.
The pre-candidate of National Party assured that at FA “it is conditioned by the radical sectors and the PIT-CNT”, sending a message to the elections 2024, where he appears as the favorite within the government.
Slim defined that “more than serious it is unusual” the support of cosse to the plebiscite, although he then launched a chicanery: “It is good that it has been defined, because now we are clear who is in favor of confiscating the savings and who is in favor of defending the savings of the Uruguayans.”
“The candidate played with fire. In pursuit of an internal calculation, the internal calculation of the Frente Amplio, conditioned by the Communist Party, he Socialist Party and the PIT-CNT, put the stability of the social security system at stake,” said the leader during a sector event. Country Space and declared: “As of yesterday, cosse “Not only is she the candidate of the Frente Amplio, but she is also the candidate of the PIT-CNT.”
Criticism of Cosse came from the entire coalition
The announcement of cosse regarding the signing of the plebiscite generated criticism from various sectors within the Republican Coalition. “The incursion of Kirchnerism into our politics is terrible,” accused the senator and former Minister of the Interior. Luis Alberto Heber, in line with the candidate of the Colorado Party, Gabriel Gurmendez, who compared to the mayor of Montevideo with the former president of Argentina, Cristina Kirchner.
“TO Carolina Cosse He doesn’t care about the country, just winning the FA internal race. He wants to retain the most radical sector, although his position ends up condemning the workers of the future,” he said. Heber from your X account and finished: Didn’t you listen to Danilo Astori and Jose Mujica “That for 10 years they said that reform had to be done?”
Mieres questioned the reasons that Cosse gave for signing
In turn, the Minister of Labor and Social Security, Pablo Mieres, He questioned the reasons of the FA pre-candidate. “That he was going to sign did not surprise me, because in reality the parties that support his candidacy are promoting this plebiscite that is so serious, so crazy from the point of view of its contents.”
“What did surprise me are the reasons she gives for signing. She maintains that this should actually lead to a dialogue and then she can go to town. General Assembly. “That is false, we should not deceive people,” he said. Mieres, leader of the Independent Party, while he considered that the FA “washed its hands” by giving freedom of action regarding the plebiscite.
“He opted for political expediency,” said Viera.
From the Colorado Party, the Minister of Tourism and presidential candidate, Tabare Viera, He regretted the decision and pointed out: “I think it is a serious mistake, he opted for political convenience,” Viera remarked about the position of Cosse.
At a press conference, Viera admitted that Cosse may be “perhaps pressured by the PIT-CNT that today is what moves the “Broad Front” and questioned that “surely he made this decision leaving aside the other option, which was responsibility to the country.”
“To bring down the social security reform It implies embarking citizens on an uncertain future regarding the payment of retirements and pensions. It puts at risk the savings of thousands of compatriots who do so through the AFAPs because they disappear and the end of those resources is not clear,” concluded the leader.
Source: Ambito
