The minister took stock of the more than four years of government after delivering the document in Parliament.
The Minister of Economy and Finance, Azucena Arbeleche, presented to the Parliament the last Accountability of the government headed by the president Luis Lacalle Pou, where he highlighted the management to achieve “the inflation lowest in the last 19 years.”
Arbeleche also highlighted the tax policy pointing out that “there are 80 thousand people paying less taxes than it was a year ago”, while highlighting that “some 500 thousand people, including workers and retirees, pay less taxes”, when taking stock of the more than four years of management, after which he added: “There is “We have to add smaller companies, which are paying less taxes.”
The minister highlighted at a press conference that the document contains “the results of a different economic policy carried out by this administration,” after delivering the bill that will first address the Senate andin a maximum of 45 days, you must send to Deputies.
On the other hand, when referring to the low levels of inflation, He stressed that “the money we have in our pockets goes further,” as part of the policy that aims at “a different care of the money of the Uruguayans”.
“Resources were not lacking,” Arbeleche highlighted about the crises
In this regard, Arbeleche pointed out that the government had to endure crises linked to the pandemic of Covid-19, the war between Russia and Ukraine and even the historical drought that affected Uruguay, after which he stuck out his chest and pointed out that “at all those times the resources were there,” valuing that they managed to “maintain the social politics over time, regardless of whether the economy is doing better or whether we face these extraordinary situations.
The leader also valued the impact of the government’s policies regarding the employment. “In this period the number of people working increased,” with 76,100 more people integrated into the working marketif we compare the years 2019 and 2023 on average.
When delivering the documents, alongside Arbeleche were the Undersecretary of Economy and Finance, Alejandro Irastorza; the general directors of the Secretariat, Mauricio di Lorenzo; of Economic Policy, Marcela Bension; of Macroeconomic Advisory, Gabriela Miraballes; the general accountant of the Nation, Magela Manfredi; and the director of the Office of Planning and Budget (OPP), Fernando Blanco.
Source: Ambito
