The mayor of cannelloni and main candidate of the Wide Front to the presidency of Uruguay, Yamandú Orsi, He once again referred to the tax issue, which is increasingly becoming one of the key issues in an electoral campaign that is just beginning to be outlined. “It is not necessary to go up taxes, In some cases it is necessary to analyze the costs of the State,” he considered.
With what is already known that it will be a delicate tax situation In the immediate scenario of the next government, the debate on whether or not to raise taxes is one of the first topics to sneak into the exchanges between the candidates. In this sense, Orsi and who is emerging as the candidate of the National Party, Álvaro Delgado — favorite in the polls among the internal white sector — were the first to start a discussion about it.
In the new episode, the Canarian mayor pointed out that “if they are going to lay hands on the taxes, the Frente Amplio already did it in 2007 with the tax reform “What was going to happen was very dangerous and it was very clear that it worked.” The comment was in reference, once again, to the campaign promise of the Secretary of the Presidency until yesterday that in his eventual government contributions to citizens will not be increased.
“Our political force when it was in government took charge and carried it out responsibly, today no one questions it,” continued the Broad Front leader in dialogue with Telemundo.
“Now, if it goes up, if it goes down… it seems to me like a discussion that leads to nothing. We already had the experience of the last campaign where the current president said that he was not going to raise taxes or fees or anything and in the end everything happened the other way around. “We don’t want to trip over the same stone twice,” he said, recalling the current president’s campaign promises. Luis Lacalle Pou just as several leaders of the Frente Amplio did previously.
“The clear thing is: it is not necessary to raise taxes, In some cases it is necessary to analyze the state costsof course,” Orsi considered, and demanded that there be “a much more serious discussion about the economy” during the campaign.
As a direct criticism of Delgado, the candidate of the left coalition pointed out that “saying something that you know is pleasing but you know that later you are not going to comply is not good.” “In bell no need to lie“, he insisted, and added that “it is not good to make promises that yes or yes bring you votes but you know that later the truth will catch up with you.”
Delgado’s promise
Although Delgado had already assured that during a possible government he will not raise the taxes, In an interview with Telemundo he again made the campaign promise that Orsi later criticized.
“I am in a position to say, based on having spoken with the economic equipment, that if we have to govern there will be no increase in taxes”, express. And he justified that “any correction” will go on the side of “growth or public spending“.
“This government lowered the taxes and there are no discussions about that,” he stressed and, along these lines, confirmed that he would maintain “a large part” of the current economic team.
Source: Ambito
