The leader and presidential candidate of Cabildo Abierto echoed the criticisms of the Rural Federation about the reality of the country and the exchange rate delay.
The leader and presidential candidate of Cabildo Abierto (CA), Guido Manini Ríosonce again marked its distance from the economic direction that the government is pursuing, after last Wednesday the Rural Federation issued a harsh statement on the matter.
In the letter, the Rural Federation alerted public opinion about “very poor” results at the productive level as a result of the delicate reality that the sector is experiencing, and once again demanded measures from the government, accusing a “very severe effect” of the exchange delay and tall costs to the producer.
Through his X account (formerly Twitter), the lobbying senator echoed the statement and assured that the time has come to “prioritize national work” and “give it the same that we grant to those who come from abroad”, referring mainly to businesses in the forestry sector and the plants cellulose.
“How long will we continue promoting the emptying of the interior, the concentration of the land and the increasingly smaller competitiveness“?” he asked in his message. “It’s time to change the economic model!” he emphasized in this regard.
Manini Ríos and the crusade against the exchange rate delay
It is not the first time that Manini Rios openly marks his position on economic matters, in April the legislator said that “Uruguay is dying with his eyes open” by not intervening in the exchange rate.
According to Manini Ríos, the government prioritized maintaining the value of dollar “ironed” to contain inflation, to the detriment of the competitiveness of the national productive sector.
“Already in 2020 the Uruguay “It was a very expensive country, today it is more expensive, much more expensive, and this is generating very serious consequences,” he expressed on that occasion. “Jobs are being lost in the tourism and productive sectors, so more and more is necessary. assistance,” he reflected then.
Source: Ambito
