The Minister of Tourism and presidential candidate for the Colorado Party pointed out that the situation of the treasury is similar to that of 2019, when it was the subject of criticism in the campaign.
The minister of Tourism and presidential candidate for Colorado Party (PC), Tabare Vierabelieves that the current government should devote greater efforts to reducing the fiscal deficitsince it is at levels similar to those of 2019, when it was the subject of strong criticism during the campaign.
This Thursday, in M24, the Minister of Tourism was confident that “surely” the deficit will show a downward trend during the last year of the government period. According to the former minister of Economy and Finance (MEF) and former director of the Office of Planning and Budget (OPP), Isaac Alfiehe fiscal deficit around 4%.
“You have to see that we had a pandemican exceptional situation that cost us 2,000 million dollars and delayed many plans,” he said. See in the interview, in reference to the economic assistance that was provided by the government to different sectors of society, to the detriment of fiscal balance.
See, who recently launched his campaign as a PC candidate, had previously expressed that there were already “some situations” that the Colorados had experienced during the current government and “they did not like them.” Likewise, he said that although the Multicolor Coalition can boast “a series of reasonable successes”, these “are not enough”, so it should remain united, but directed “with other bases.”
“People think that the fiscal deficit does not reach their pockets”
The leader assured that many times “it is difficult” to explain the problems that the fiscal deficit, since “people think that they cannot afford it,” but that it is “what produces more external debt.” “If you go into debt, you have to pay, or you earn more, or you have to take out a loan,” he said.
With regards to the monetary issuethe Colorado said that “governments print banknotes, but it produces inflation that ends up being unfair to employees,” so it is also a byproduct of the treasury accounts.
Source: Ambito
