The plebiscite for the modification of the system of entry to the municipalities divided the waters within the Multicolor Coalition and even within one’s own Colorado Party. Meanwhile he Wide Front supported Peña’s initiative at the time, currently showing some resistance to accompanying it, which jeopardizes the success of the plebiscite.
The Frente Amplista sector assured El País that the indecisions regarding whether or not to support the project have to do, in the first place, with the doubt on the part of the opposition that the plebiscite is viable and end up being stuck with that defeat, beyond that they were always in favor. That, in addition, would imply “buying into someone else’s problem” in the framework of a discussion that takes place within the ruling coalition, of which the Wide Front It has nothing to do with it.
On the other hand, they doubt the support of the Uruguayan people, especially in the interior, taking into account that the National Party administers a good part of the departments and jobs in the municipalities have a great weight.
This endangers the plebiscite that needs 2/5 of the general Assembly To thrive. Taking into account that the National Party already spoke out against, Citizens It needs the support of the opposition no matter what for its approval. Added to this is that the maximum deadline for submitting the plebiscite is up to six months before the national election in October. That is, by April 27 at the latest, the plebiscite must be approved in the Parliament, so there are only 11 days left to get the votes.
Divided waters in the Colorado Party
The initiative was announced by the presidential candidate, Robert Silva, who assured that the initiative aims to professionalize functions within the government. “This proposal for a constitutional amendment is fundamental because, in our opinion, it leaves the argument of the constitutionality of the proposal that we had carried out by the wayside,” said the leader of the Crece sector.
However, this generated disputes within the Colorado Party. The first to raise his voice was the senator Germán Manuel Coutinho Rodríguez who classified the presentation of the plebiscite. Coutinho had voted in favor of the project at the time after Peña convinced him, but he claimed that the plebiscite was not discussed within the party and that he ended up finding out about it through the press, as reported by Radio Carve.
The National Party unites against the plebiscite
As expected, taking into account the repeated times that the whites opposed the change in the system of entry to the municipalities, the main PN candidates, Álvaro Delgado and Laura Raffo, They agreed to speak out against it.
Slim expressed himself after a meeting with representatives of the agricultural sector in Expo Melilla and pointed out: “I do not believe that the ways are to plebiscite everything and put everything in the Constitution, much less in an election year.”
“The solution is to work together. Among other things, there are 19 different statutes of municipal officials. It seems to me that there is a lot of work to be done on that logic,” warned the former Secretary of the Presidency.
Along the same lines, he said Raffo, who indicated: “I do not believe that everything has to be solved with modifications to the Constitution and with plebiscites.” “It seems to me that there are some things that can be solved with parliamentary agreements He noted and highlighted that in any case “it is an initiative that has just begun and not everyone still agrees.” Colorado Party.”
At the same time, he advocated keeping accounts clear at the government level. “Any citizen has to be able to know if a person was hired, what they were hired for, and be at the service of the people. That is essential to give transparency and efficiency to the public service,” said Raffo, who shared the meeting with agricultural leaders.
Source: Ambito
