He plebiscite for the reform of the social Security driven by the PIT-CNT will begin its electoral campaign this Wednesday, May 1 – Workers’ Day – with an event by the union headquarters.
After having obtained a total of 430,000 signatures for its promotion, from the PIT-CNT They assure that May 1 will be the kickoff for the beginning of the campaign for the upcoming elections.
The event will begin – which will take place on Avenida del Libertador and Valparaíso at the Legislative Palace – at ten in the morning and will end with a speech by the president of the union center, Marcelo Abdala.
The role of the Broad Front
Among the FA pre-candidates, the only one who signed the ballot was Carolina Cossealthough he did not announce whether he will accompany him to the polls, while Andres Lima he actively encouraged it. While, Yamandu Orsi and the now former candidate Mario Bergara They anticipated that they do not agree, a position similar to that of the president of the party, Fernando Pereira.
During a shared event in Tacuarembó, Cosse valued “the unanimity in the Wide Front about how bad the social security law is”, considering that the government approved it “to the punches.”
“It is a very bad law,” he maintained and said that “the next FA government must address social security issues with the comprehensiveness, seriousness and depth that is needed to achieve a sustainable and supportive system.”
Meanwhile, the mayor of Montevideo in use of license he valued “the enormous effort” of the groups within his pre-candidacy that supported the initiative and considered “it is important that the organized people mobilize and express themselves democratically.” “A new stage will open after the counting of the Electoral Court and other discussions will be opened,” Cosse anticipated about the internal debate.
To its turn, Orsi, one of the most critical of the effects of the plebiscite, took the floor and paid “a tribute” to those who led the campaign and pointed out: “Although I disagree, one day they got up to collect signatures for something that they believe is fair and they gathered the signatures they wanted to gather.”
For his part, the president of the FA admitted that the opposition is going to analyze the steps to follow. “The debate now is more fundamental: how to transform social security,” he admitted. Pereira to Telemundo.
At first, the Broad Front leader asked to wait for the resolution of the Electoral Court and then proposed as a goal a definition to be taken “certainly after the internal choice”, explaining: “We are going to take the time necessary to have a broad debate that allows us to make the best decision.”
Source: Ambito
